Transcription by: Robert Andersen (robert_andersen@hp-paloalto-om5.om.hp.com ) NOTE: = accent this note, h = hammer on, p = pull off, b = bend INTRODUCTION {play this phrase 4 times, with slight variations} Am7 D d-------0---------------0--------- | b-------1---------------3--------- | g-----0---------------2-----2----- | D--------------------------------- | A-0-------------------------2h3--- | D-----------3b----0--------------- | 1 ' ' ' 2 ' ' ' 3 ' ' ' 4 ' ' 'VERSE #1: D5 A5 D5 A5 D5 Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin' A5 D5 A5 D5 ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name A5 D5 A5 D5 Catfish are jumpin' that paddle wheel thumpin' A5 D5 A5 D5 Black water keeps rollin' on past just the same CHORUS: G5 Old black water, keep on rollin' Bb5 G5 Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me? Old black water, keep on rollin' Bb5 G5 Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me? Old black water, keep on rollin' Bb5 A5 E5 Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me? A5 E5 A5 E5 Yeah, keep on shinin' your light, gonna make every thing A5 E5 Pretty mama, gonna make everything all right D5 A5 D5 A5 A5 E5 And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry at allA d--------------------------------- | b-2---------------3p2-3p2--------- | then: INTRO (4 times with fiddle solo) g-2------------------------------- | D-2---------------4p2-4p2--------- | A-0-------------------------2h3--- | D--------------------------------- | 1 ' ' ' 2 ' ' ' 3 ' ' ' 4 ' ' 'VERSE #2 D5 A5 D5 A5 D5 Well, if it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me A5 D5 A5 D5 Just take that street car that's goin' up town Yeah, I'd like to A5 D5 A5 D5 hear some funky Dixieland and dance a honky tonk, and I'll be A5 D5 A5 D5 buyin' everybody drinks all roun'------- CHORUS, followed by guitar/fiddle solos, then: ENDING {1: with music, 2/3: a capella, then with music, repeat and fade}: D5 A5 D5 A5 I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me D5 A5 D5 by the hand, by the hand, take me by the hand, (I want to honky-tonk) (honky-tonk) A5 D5 pretty momma, come and dance with your daddy all night long, I'd like to... (honky-tonk) (with you all night long)