• Song:

    China Grove

  • Artist:

    Doobie Brothers

  • Album:

    South Of The Border

This song works best with bar chords!
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 Key
 $= rest                               
 Repeat sign= :II
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 Intro:
       E E $ $/ E E $ $/ D C# A / E E :II 4x 
  The 4th time let the A keep going
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 Verse 1
  E
 When the sun comes up on a sleepy little town
  D          C#   A
 Down around San Antone
 E
 All the folks risen for another day 
  D   C#         A
 Round about their homes
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 Chorus
  C#m                       A
 The people in the town are starnge
  C                    C    D    E
 And their proud from where they came
 E                 D    C#    E :II
 We'll your talkin about the china grove
 E D C# E
 Oh, china grove
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 Verse 2
 E 
 Well the preacher and the teacher 
 E
 Lord they're a caution
 D          C#            A
 They are the talk of the town
 E
 When the gossip get a flyin'
 E
 And they ain't lyin'
 D                   C#   A
 When the sun goes fallin down
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 Chorus
  C#m                       A
 They say that the fathers insane
 C                C    D    E
 And dear Missus Perkins a game
 E                 D    C#    E :II
 We'll your talkin about the china grove
 E D C# E
 Oh, china grove
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 Verse 3
 C#m
 But every day theres a new thing comin'
 A                      C#m
 The ways of a oriental view
 C#m
 The sharrif and his buddies
            
 With their samuri swords
  A
 You can even hear the music at night
  C#m
 Although it's apart of a lone star state
  A
 People don't seem to care
 C
 They just keep on lookin' to the east
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 Solo   
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 E      D      C#    A  E                  
 Talkin about the China Grove
 E D C# E
 Oh, china grove
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