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From: Curtis Rey creyfish@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 01:55 -0800
Subject: black_water.tab by doobie brothers
The Doobie Brothers'"Black Water" (by Patrick Simmons)
Transcription by: Curtis Rey: Modified from post by Robert Andersen 1996
The tuning is "Open D" (DADGBD).
NOTE: > = accent this note, h = hammer on, p = pull off, b = bend
Please note that this song is a blues rock adaptation of a blue grass style.
Therefore, a degree of artistic license is OK when playing. For instance,
instead of hammering on from the 2nd to the 3rd fret (2h3) you can slide
from the 2nd fret to the 3rd fret and pull of to the open string. You can
also do this on the 6th string on the 3rd fret as well (3b). Refer to the
below diagram for reference.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/doobie_brothers/black_water_tab_ver_4.html ]
INTRODUCTION [play this phrase 4 times, with slight variations]
Am7 D
d-------0---------------0---------| Repeats through the verses.
b-------1---------------3---------|
g-----0---------------2-----2-----|
D->--------------------------->->-|
A-0--------->----->-----------2h3-|
D-----------3b----0---------------|
1 ' ' ' 2 ' ' ' 3 ' ' ' 4 ' ' '
VERSE #1:
D Am7 D Am7 D
Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'
Am7 D Am7 D
ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name
Am7 D Am7 D
Catfish are jumpin' that paddle wheel thumpin'
Am7 D Am7 D
Black water keeps rollin' on past just the same
CHORUS:
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'
Bb G
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water,
keep on rollin'
Bb G
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water,
keep on rollin'
Bb A7 ' ' Em7
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
A7 Em7 A7 Em7
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light, gonna make every thing
A7 Em7
Pretty mama, gonna make everything all right
D Am7 D Am7 A Em7
And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry at all
A
d---------------------------------|
b-2---------------3p2-3p2---------| then: INTRO (4 times w/fiddle solo)
g-2-------------------------------|
D-2---------------4p2-4p2---------|
A-0-------------------------2h3---|
D---------------------------------|
1 ' ' ' 2 ' ' ' 3 ' ' ' 4 ' ' '
VERSE #2
D Am7 D Am7 D
Well, if it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me
Am7 D Am7 D
Just take that street car that's goin' up town Yeah, I'd like to
Am7 D Am7 D
hear some funky Dixieland and dance a honky tonk, and I'll be
Am7 D Am7 D
buyin' everybody drinks all roun'-------
CHORUS, followed by guitar/fiddle solos, then:
ENDING [1: with music, 2/3: a capella, then w/music, repeat and fade]:
D Am7 D Am7
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me
D Am7 D
by the hand, by the hand, take me by the hand,
(I want to honky-tonk) (honky-tonk)
Am7 D
pretty momma, come and dance with your daddy all night long, I'd like...
(honky-tonk) (with you all night long)
**Chords**
Am7 D G Bb Em7 A A7 Em7(alt) Bb (alt)
d 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0
b 1 3 5 3 3 2 2 3 6
g 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 (or 7)
D 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0
A 0 x 5 1 2 0 0 2 8
D x 0 5 x 2 x x x (or thumb 2) 8
