Black Water chords by
The Doobie Brothers 
Key: G major•
Intro 1
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Verse 1
Am
D
Well, I built me a raft
Am
D
and she's rea dy for float in'
Am
D
Am
D
Ol' Mis sis sip pi she's callin' my name
Am
D
Catfish are jumpin',
Am
D
that paddle wheel thump in'
Am
D
Black water keeps roll in' on past
Am
D
just the same
Chorus 1
G
(Old black water, keep on rollin')
Bb
Mis sis sip pi moon,
G
won't you keep on shinin' on me?
(Old black water, keep on rollin')
Bb
Mis sis sip pi moon,
G
won't you keep on shinin' on me?
(Old black water, keep on rollin')
Bb
Mis sis sip pi moon,
A
Em
won't you keep on shinin' on me?
A
Em
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light
A
Em
Gonna make every thing
A
Em
Pretty mama, gonna make everything all right
D
Am
And I ain't got no worries
D
Am
A
Em
A
'Cause I ain't in no hurry at all
Interlude 1
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Verse 2
Am
D
Well, if it rains, I don't care
Am
D
Don't make no difference to me
Am
Just take that streetcar
D
Am
D
that's goin' up town
Am
D
Yeah, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland
Am
D
and dance a honky- tonk
Am
D
And I'll be buyin' ev'rybody drinks
Am
D
all 'roun'
Chorus 2
G
(Old black water, keep on rollin')
Bb
Mis sis sip pi moon,
G
won't you keep on shinin' on me?
(Old black water, keep on rollin')
Bb
Mis sis sip pi moon,
G
won't you keep on shinin' on me?
(Old black water, keep on rollin')
Bb
Mis sis sip pi moon,
A
Em
won't you keep on shinin' on me?
A
Em
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light
A
Em
Gonna make every thing
everything
A
Em
Gonna make everything all right
D
Am
And I ain't got no worries
D
Am
A
Em
A
'Cause I ain't in no hurry at all
Solo 1
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Outro 1
Am
D
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland
Am
D
Pretty ma ma, come and take me by the hand
Am
D
(By the hand) hand (take me by the hand)
pretty mama
Am
D
(Gonna dance with your daddy all night long)
[Repeat and fade]
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