Black Water

by Doobie Brothers · posted by Scott_Christensen

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab


 6   -6   7   8  8  -8   7   7    -8 -8  7    Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for 
  -6
floatin'

8    8  8  8 8    8    -8 -8   7   -6 
ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name

 7   7  -6   8  8     8   8 9     8    -8  7
Catfish are jumpin' that paddle wheel thumpin'

  7    8 9    8   -8  7   7   -8   7   -6   7
Black water keeps rollin' on past just the same

CHORUS: 

 8    8   -8 7    8   8  -8  7
Old black water, keep on rollin'
   
-6  7  7 7   7     7    7   -8  -8 -8 7    -6 7
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?

 8    8   -8 7   8   8  -8  7
Old black water,keep on rollin'

-6  7  7 7   7     7    7   -8  -8 -8 7    -6 7 
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?

 8    8   -8 7   8   8  -8  7
Old black water,keep on rollin'

-6  7  7 7   7    7    -8   -8  -8   8 -8  -8 8     
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?

 8     8   8   8  9    8    -8
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light, 

 7 7   7    8 8    8    8  8  8 8
gonna make every thing,Pretty mama, 

 8 8   8    8  8  -8   7   -8
gonna make everything all right

 6  6  7    -8  8   8  7 
And I ain't got no worries 

   6   6  -8   7  6   7 -8 8   8
'cause I ain't in no hurry at all

 6    6  6    7    9   8    7
Well, if it rains, I don't care,
 
  6    -6  7  -8 -8 -8   7  -6
don't make no difference to me

 7    7     7    8    -8    7    8 -8  7   7
Just take that street car that's goin' up town   
     
 7     6   -6  7   7    -6   7 -6  7 -6  7
Yeah, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland 

 7    7  -6  6 -6  6
and dance a honky tonk, 

 6   6   6   -8     8 -8 7-6   7     7  7 -8
and I'll be buyin' everybody drinks all roun'-------

CHORUS:

 6   -6  6   7    -6   7 -6  7 -6  7
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, 

 7  7   7 7   -6  -6   6   -6 5  -4   4
pretty momma come and take me by the hand

-6  6   7    -6  6  -6  6   7  
by the hand,take me by the hand,

 7  7   7 7    -6   6    7    -6   6    7 7
pretty momma, come and dance with your daddy 

 8   -6    6     6   -6  6
all night long, I'd like to...

Repeat chorus to fade

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