Doobie Brothers - Black Water Chords & Tabs

The Doobie Brothers - Black Water
(Mark Holmes)

Wow, this is a lot.  I never meant for this tab to get so huge,
but oh well.  Have fun with it.


This tab is in Double Drop-D tuning, DADGBD.

& = Rest

|--------|--------0----------------0---------| Figure 1
|--------|----1----------------3-------------| --------
|-&------|----0------------0h2-2-------------| The first bar is the intro,
|-&------|----2--------------0---------------| only play that the very
|-&--1/2-|--0---0--------------------1/2-----| first time.
|--------|----------2/3--0-------0-----------|

Play this 11 times... you'll figure it out.  Play this until the chorus.




|--5p0-------0----3p0---0--------|----------0---------0------|
|--------0------------5-----0----|------6---------6----------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------0-------0------0-------0--|----8-----7---8-------0----|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|---
|--5-------5------5-------5------|--8-----8---8-----8--------|   |
                                                                 |- Figure 2
|------2-------0---------------2-----------0-----------------|   |
|--2---2--0--0-----------------2-------0---------------------|---
|--2------0--0---0-------------2--&----0-------0-------------|
|----2-----------------------2----&----0---------------------|
|--0-------------------0h2-0------&------------------0h2-----|
|---------2--2-----2/4---------------2---2---2---2/4---------|

Play this three times.  It's the chorus.


Then play this part right here, its where he says "An' I ain't got no worries,
'cause I ain't in no hurry at all.

|--------------0----------------------------0----------------|
|------3---1---1-----------------3--R---1---1----------------|
|------2---0-------0-------------2--E---0-------0------------|
|----0-----2-------------0h2---0----S---2--------------------|
|--------0---0-------0h2------------T-0---0-----------0h2----|
|--0-------------0-----------0----------------0---2/4--------|

|------2---------0-------------------------------------------|
|------2-R---0-----------------2----3//2\\3--2-2-------------|
|------2-E---0-------0---------2----2--------2-2-------------|
|----2---S---0-----------------0----4//2\\4--2-2-------------|
|--0-----T-----------------0h2---------------0-0-0-1/2-------|
|----------2---2---2---2/4-----------------------------------|

And now, the solo that took forever to tab.  It's played on a fiddle, but
this is the guitar tab.  Enjoy!

(Please note that Figure 1 is being played throughout the solo.)

1st Guitar
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5~~~~-5b-5-3--R--5b-5-3-5-3--------5b-5-5--------3-5b~~~~5b-5b-3----------------|
|----------------E----------------4---------------4--------------------------------|
|----------------S-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------T-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd Guitar
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---17b-17----17b-15----------------------------10h12h10-------17b-17--17b-17b-15--|
|--------------------------------------------------------12------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/doobie_brothers/black_water_tab_ver_3.html ]
1st Guitar
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--10h13h10-9h10h9-8-6/7----------------10-8-6h7----------------/7~~7\5------------|
|------------------------7------7~~~~~7----------7---------------------------------|
|---------------------------7h9--------------------9---7---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------7---(7)9h7--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd Guitar
|-------------------------------------------------------7/8--7----5----------------|
|--------------------------------10~~~------------------------------6/10-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

1st Guitar
|----------------------------------------------5~~-5-----10~~10-----10--|
|--5-x---------------------------------3-3-5/7-------/12----------------|
|------4-2-------------------2~~-2-2h4------------------------------11--|
|-----------3h4--------0-2-4--------------------------------------------|
|---------------5~~0~~~-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd Guitar
|----------------------------------------------------------------12/14--|
|---------------------------------------------------10h12-15~~~---------|
|--7-------------7---------------7-----7h9/11---------------------------|
|----------------9h7---------7h9----------------------------------------|
|----------------------5-7/9--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

1st Guitar
|--10-10\8--8\7--7\5--5\3--------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------6/7-3~~~---|-1h0--1h0--1-0--1h0-1--3~~~~----|
|--11-11\9--9\7--7\5--5\4--------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------6/7-4~~~---|-2\1--2\1--2-1--2\1-2--4~~~~----|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

2nd Guitar
|--14p12-12\10-10\8-------10-----------|
|-------------------11/12----12-10~~~--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

1st Guitar
|--------------------------|
|-----3---3---5b-5-5-3~~~--|
|--/4-------4--------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

Now this is the outro, both guitars play this.


Guitar 1 plays Figure 1 three times, while Guitar two plays this:
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------3-3--3----------3--3---------3---------3~~~~--------|
|--2h4--------4p2~2h4--2--2-4---2h4---2h4p2---------4/-----|
|-------------------------------------------0--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar two then plays this while fading out, Guitar one plays Figure 1
|-----------------------------------13b 13b 13 10~~--------|
|--8-6/7--------------------------------------------12-----|
|--------7-----------7~~---8-6/7---------------------------|
|----------9-7~~~7h9-------------7-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

Then both guitars play Figure 1 for the rest of the song, which isn't much.

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