Black Water Chords by The Doobie Brothers
Tempo:
168.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
Am
A
G
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [A] [Am]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am] [Em]
[D] Well I [Am] built me [D] a raft and she's [Am] ready for [D] float.
[Am] Oh [D] Mississippi, [Am] she's calling my [D] name.
[Am]
Catfish [D] are jumping, [E] [Am] that paddle wheel [D] bumping.
[Am] Oh black water, keep [D] rolling on [Am] fast just the [D] [G] same.
Oh black water, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi moon won't you keep on shining [G] on me?
Oh black water, keep on [Bb] rolling.
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shining [G] on me?
Oh black water, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shining [A] on me?
[Em] Yeah, [A] keep on shining [Em] your light, [A] gonna make
[Em] everything [D] great, [A] mama's gonna make [Em] everything alright.
[D] And I ain't got [Am] [G] no keys, [D] cause I ain't in [G] no hurry [A] at
[D] all.
[A]
[Bb] [Am]
[D]
[Am]
[D] [Am] Well, [D] if it [Am] rains, I [D] don't care, don't make [B] no [Am]
difference to [D] me.
Just take that [Am] streetcar and [D] go in [Em] uptown.
[D] Yeah, I'd like to [Am] hear some [Dm] funky tips, and learn [Am] them dance, some [D] funky tunes.
And I'll be [Am] buying everybody [D] brains all [Am]
[D] around.
[G] Oh, Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi, won't you keep on [D] shining [G] on.
Oh, Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi, won't you keep on shining [G] on.
Oh, Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi, won't you keep on shining [A] on me.
[Em] Keep [A] on shining [G] your light, gonna [A] make
[G] everything, everything, [A] gonna make [G] everything alright.
[D] And I ain't got [G] no worries, cause [D] I ain't in no hurry at all.
[A]
[Gb] [Am]
[Dm] [Em]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[E] [Am]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] I'd like to hear some funky DC land, pretty mama, come and take me by the hand.
[A] By the hand.
Hand.
Take me by the hand, pretty mama, come and dance with you daddy, [Dm] all night long.
I'd like to hear some funky DC land, pretty mama, come and take me by the hand.
By the [F] hand.
Hand.
Take me by the hand, pretty mama, come and [Em] dance with you daddy, all night long.
I'd like to hear some funk at Dixieland pretty Mama come to take [D] me by the hand
[Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D]
[Am]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[Dm] [A]
[D]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am] [Em]
[D] Well I [Am] built me [D] a raft and she's [Am] ready for [D] float.
[Am] Oh [D] Mississippi, [Am] she's calling my [D] name.
[Am]
Catfish [D] are jumping, [E] [Am] that paddle wheel [D] bumping.
[Am] Oh black water, keep [D] rolling on [Am] fast just the [D] [G] same.
Oh black water, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi moon won't you keep on shining [G] on me?
Oh black water, keep on [Bb] rolling.
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shining [G] on me?
Oh black water, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shining [A] on me?
[Em] Yeah, [A] keep on shining [Em] your light, [A] gonna make
[Em] everything [D] great, [A] mama's gonna make [Em] everything alright.
[D] And I ain't got [Am] [G] no keys, [D] cause I ain't in [G] no hurry [A] at
[D] all.
[A]
[Bb] [Am]
[D]
[Am]
[D] [Am] Well, [D] if it [Am] rains, I [D] don't care, don't make [B] no [Am]
difference to [D] me.
Just take that [Am] streetcar and [D] go in [Em] uptown.
[D] Yeah, I'd like to [Am] hear some [Dm] funky tips, and learn [Am] them dance, some [D] funky tunes.
And I'll be [Am] buying everybody [D] brains all [Am]
[D] around.
[G] Oh, Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi, won't you keep on [D] shining [G] on.
Oh, Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi, won't you keep on shining [G] on.
Oh, Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi, won't you keep on shining [A] on me.
[Em] Keep [A] on shining [G] your light, gonna [A] make
[G] everything, everything, [A] gonna make [G] everything alright.
[D] And I ain't got [G] no worries, cause [D] I ain't in no hurry at all.
[A]
[Gb] [Am]
[Dm] [Em]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[E] [Am]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] I'd like to hear some funky DC land, pretty mama, come and take me by the hand.
[A] By the hand.
Hand.
Take me by the hand, pretty mama, come and dance with you daddy, [Dm] all night long.
I'd like to hear some funky DC land, pretty mama, come and take me by the hand.
By the [F] hand.
Hand.
Take me by the hand, pretty mama, come and [Em] dance with you daddy, all night long.
I'd like to hear some funk at Dixieland pretty Mama come to take [D] me by the hand
[Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D]
[Am]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[Dm] [A]
[D]
Key:
D
Am
A
G
Em
D
Am
A
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ Well I [Am] built me [D] a raft and she's _ [Am] ready for [D] float.
_ _ [Am] _ Oh _ [D] Mississippi, _ [Am] she's calling my [D] name.
_ _ [Am] _ _
Catfish [D] are jumping, [E] [Am] that paddle wheel [D] _ bumping.
[Am] Oh black water, keep [D] _ rolling on [Am] fast just the [D] _ _ _ [G] same.
Oh black water, keep on rolling.
[Bb] _ Mississippi moon won't you keep on shining [G] on me?
Oh black water, keep on [Bb] rolling.
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shining [G] on me?
Oh black water, keep on rolling.
[Bb] _ Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shining [A] on me?
[Em] _ _ Yeah, [A] keep on shining [Em] your _ light, [A] gonna make _ _
[Em] everything [D] great, [A] mama's gonna make [Em] everything alright.
_ [D] And I ain't got [Am] _ _ _ [G] no keys, [D] cause I ain't in [G] no _ hurry _ [A] at _
[D] all.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Well, _ [D] _ _ if it [Am] rains, I [D] don't care, don't make [B] no [Am] _
difference to [D] me.
Just take that [Am] streetcar and [D] go in [Em] uptown. _
_ [D] _ _ Yeah, I'd like to [Am] hear some [Dm] funky tips, and learn [Am] them dance, some [D] funky tunes.
And I'll be [Am] buying everybody [D] brains all [Am] _ _ _
[D] around.
_ _ [G] _ Oh, Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] _ Mississippi, won't you keep on [D] shining [G] on.
Oh, Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi, _ won't you keep on shining [G] on.
Oh, _ Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] _ Mississippi, won't you keep on shining [A] on me.
[Em] _ _ _ Keep [A] on shining [G] your _ light, gonna [A] make _ _
[G] everything, _ everything, [A] gonna make [G] everything alright.
_ _ [D] And I ain't got [G] no _ worries, cause [D] I ain't in no hurry _ _ at all.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ I'd like to hear some funky DC land, pretty mama, come and take me by the hand.
[A] By the hand.
Hand.
Take me by the hand, pretty mama, come and dance with you daddy, [Dm] all night long.
I'd like to hear some funky DC land, pretty mama, come and take me by the hand.
By the [F] hand.
Hand.
Take me by the hand, pretty mama, come and [Em] dance with you daddy, all night long.
I'd like to hear some funk at _ Dixieland pretty Mama come to take [D] me by the hand _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ Well I [Am] built me [D] a raft and she's _ [Am] ready for [D] float.
_ _ [Am] _ Oh _ [D] Mississippi, _ [Am] she's calling my [D] name.
_ _ [Am] _ _
Catfish [D] are jumping, [E] [Am] that paddle wheel [D] _ bumping.
[Am] Oh black water, keep [D] _ rolling on [Am] fast just the [D] _ _ _ [G] same.
Oh black water, keep on rolling.
[Bb] _ Mississippi moon won't you keep on shining [G] on me?
Oh black water, keep on [Bb] rolling.
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shining [G] on me?
Oh black water, keep on rolling.
[Bb] _ Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shining [A] on me?
[Em] _ _ Yeah, [A] keep on shining [Em] your _ light, [A] gonna make _ _
[Em] everything [D] great, [A] mama's gonna make [Em] everything alright.
_ [D] And I ain't got [Am] _ _ _ [G] no keys, [D] cause I ain't in [G] no _ hurry _ [A] at _
[D] all.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Well, _ [D] _ _ if it [Am] rains, I [D] don't care, don't make [B] no [Am] _
difference to [D] me.
Just take that [Am] streetcar and [D] go in [Em] uptown. _
_ [D] _ _ Yeah, I'd like to [Am] hear some [Dm] funky tips, and learn [Am] them dance, some [D] funky tunes.
And I'll be [Am] buying everybody [D] brains all [Am] _ _ _
[D] around.
_ _ [G] _ Oh, Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] _ Mississippi, won't you keep on [D] shining [G] on.
Oh, Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] Mississippi, _ won't you keep on shining [G] on.
Oh, _ Blackwater, keep on rolling.
[Bb] _ Mississippi, won't you keep on shining [A] on me.
[Em] _ _ _ Keep [A] on shining [G] your _ light, gonna [A] make _ _
[G] everything, _ everything, [A] gonna make [G] everything alright.
_ _ [D] And I ain't got [G] no _ worries, cause [D] I ain't in no hurry _ _ at all.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ I'd like to hear some funky DC land, pretty mama, come and take me by the hand.
[A] By the hand.
Hand.
Take me by the hand, pretty mama, come and dance with you daddy, [Dm] all night long.
I'd like to hear some funky DC land, pretty mama, come and take me by the hand.
By the [F] hand.
Hand.
Take me by the hand, pretty mama, come and [Em] dance with you daddy, all night long.
I'd like to hear some funk at _ Dixieland pretty Mama come to take [D] me by the hand _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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