China Grove by the Doobie Brothers (with lyrics) Chords

Tempo:
150.5 bpm
Chords used:

E

A

D

C#m

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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China Grove by the Doobie Brothers (with lyrics) chords
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[E]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [A]
[E] When the sun comes up on the sleepy little town [D]
[A] down around San [E] Antonio, and the folks
are thriving for another day, [D]
[A] round about they, [E] [C#m]
people of the [B] town are strange, [A] and
the better [Bm] weather [C] came.
[E] Well you're talking about [D] Chattanooga, [A] [E] oh, oh, oh,
[D] [C#m] [E] oh, Chattanooga,
[D] [A] [E]
well the pizza and
all the [D] [A] other talk of [E] us, and the gossip gets to fly, and they ain't lying [D] when the [A] sun
comes falling [E] down.
[C#m] Say that the [B] father's insane, [A] and damn this [A#] is [C] Perkins again,
[C#m] [E] we're talking about [D] Chattanooga,
[C#m] [E] oh,
[D] [A] oh, oh, oh, [E] Chattanooga.
[D] [A] [E]
[B] [C#m] Every day there's a new thing [F#m] coming, the ways of it are [C#m] a little new, the sheriff and
his [E] buddies with the samurai song, [F#] you can even hear the music at night.
[G#m] [C#m] And though it's a part [E] of the most lost [F#m] state, people don't seem [C#m] to care, [A]
they'll just [D] keep
on looking [A] to the [Am] east.
[D] We're [E] [C]
[D] [E]
[A]
[E]
[A]
[E]
[Em] [E] [A]
[E]
[Em] [D] [E]
[C#m]
[B] [A]
[B] [C]
[Em] [E] [D] talking about [C#m] [E] Chattanooga, oh, oh, oh,
[D] [A] oh, [E] Chattanooga.
[D] [A] [E]
Key:  
E
2311
A
1231
D
1321
C#m
13421114
B
12341112
E
2311
A
1231
D
1321
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To learn The Doobie Brothers - China Grove chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - D, A, E, D, C#m and E in sequence. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 75 BPM and then match the original tempo of 150 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: E Major.

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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] When the sun comes up on the sleepy little town [D]
[A] down around San [E] Antonio, _ and the folks
are thriving for another day, _ [D]
[A] round about they, _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m]
people of the [B] town are strange, [A] and
the better [Bm] weather [C] _ came. _ _
_ [E] _ _ Well you're talking about [D] Chattanooga, [A] _ _ [E] oh, oh, oh, _ _
_ [D] _ [C#m] [E] oh, Chattanooga, _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ well the pizza and
_ all the _ [D] _ [A] other talk of [E] _ _ us, and the gossip gets to fly, and they ain't lying [D] when the [A] sun
comes falling [E] down.
_ _ [C#m] Say that the [B] father's insane, _ _ [A] and damn this [A#] is [C] Perkins again, _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] we're talking about [D] Chattanooga,
_ [C#m] _ [E] oh, _ _ _ _
[D] [A] oh, oh, oh, [E] Chattanooga. _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] Every day there's a new thing [F#m] coming, the ways of it are [C#m] a little new, _ the sheriff and
his [E] buddies with the samurai song, [F#] you can even hear the music at _ night. _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] And though it's a part [E] of the most lost [F#m] state, people don't seem [C#m] to care, _ _ [A] _
they'll just [D] keep
on looking [A] to the [Am] east.
[D] We're [E] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] talking about _ [C#m] [E] Chattanooga, oh, oh, oh, _ _
[D] _ [A] oh, [E] _ Chattanooga. _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Tom Johnston.

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