China Grove Chords by The Doobie Brothers

Tempo:
140.2 bpm
Chords used:

E

A

D

C#m

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
[Bm] [A] [E]
[D]
[A] [E]
[D] [A]
[E] When the sun comes up on the sleepy little [D] town down [A] around San [E] Antonio, and the folks
are fighting for another day, [D] the [A] [E] people
[C#m] of the town [B] are strange, [A] and the town of [C] where
they came,
[E] where you're talking about, [D] talking [A] about the Iron Girl, [E] oh, oh, oh, [D]
[C#m] oh, the Iron
[E] Girl, [D]
[A] [E]
where the preacher and the preacher, oh, they are gossip, [D] [A] they are the talk of
the [E] town, the gossip gets to fly, and they ain't [D] lying, when the sun [A] goes falling [E] down,
[C#m] say that the [B] father's insane,
[A] damn [A#] this is [C] back in the game,
[E] where you're talking about,
[D] talking about [C#m] the Iron Girl, [E] oh, oh, [D] oh, [A] [E] oh, the Iron Girl,
[A] [E]
[G#m] [C#m] everyday there's a new
thing coming, [F#m] ways of it are [C#m] a little new, the sheriff and his [E] buddies with the samurai
sword, [F#] you can even hear the music at night,
[G#m] [C#m] and though it's a part of the lost lost state,
[F#m] people don't seem [C#m] to care, [A] there's just [D] people [A] looking to the [Am] east, [D] [E]
[C] [D] [E]
[Em]
[E] [A] [E]
[D] [E] [A] [E]
[Em] [E]
[G] [A] [E]
[C#m] [E] [B]
[A] [D#] [C]
[Em] [E] trying [D] to grow, [C#m] [E]
[D] [A] [E] trying to grow.
[D] [A] [E]
Key:  
E
2311
A
1231
D
1321
C#m
13421114
C
3211
E
2311
A
1231
D
1321
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To learn The Doobie Brothers - China Grove chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: E, D, A, E and A. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 70 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 140. With E Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] When the sun comes up on the sleepy little [D] town down [A] around San [E] Antonio, _ and the folks
are fighting for another day, [D] the [A] _ _ [E] people _ _
[C#m] _ of the town [B] are strange, _ [A] and the town of [C] where
they came, _ _
_ [E] _ where you're talking about, [D] talking [A] about the Iron Girl, [E] oh, oh, oh, _ _ [D] _
[C#m] oh, the Iron
[E] Girl, _ _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ where the preacher and the preacher, oh, they are gossip, [D] [A] they are the talk of
the [E] town, _ the gossip gets to fly, and they ain't [D] lying, when the sun [A] goes falling [E] down, _
_ [C#m] say that the [B] father's insane, _
_ [A] damn [A#] this is [C] back in the game, _
_ _ [E] _ where you're talking about,
[D] talking about [C#m] the Iron Girl, [E] oh, oh, _ [D] oh, _ [A] [E] oh, the Iron Girl, _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ everyday there's a new
thing coming, [F#m] _ ways of it are [C#m] a little new, the sheriff and his [E] buddies with the samurai
sword, [F#] you can even hear the music at night, _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [C#m] and though it's a part of the lost lost state,
[F#m] people don't seem [C#m] to care, _ [A] _ there's just [D] people [A] looking to the [Am] east, [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D#] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ trying [D] to grow, [C#m] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ [E] trying to grow. _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was written by Tom Johnston.

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