Black Water

words and music by Patrick Simmons
performed by The Doobie Brothers
transcribed by Jim Wiggins

       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's thumpin'
      Am7         D          Am7           D
Black water keeps rollin' on past just the same

G          
Ol' black water, keep on rollin'
Bb
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
G
Ol' black water, keep on rollin'
Bb
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
G
Ol' black water, keep on rollin'
Bb                                            A   Em7
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
        A            Em7
Keep on shinin' your light
           A    Em7
Gonna make everything, pretty mama
      A                 Em7
Gonna make everything alright
      D            Am7
And I ain't got no worries
         D           Am7      A   Em7  A
'Cause I ain't in no hurry at all

           Am7           D
Well if it rains I don't care
              Am7           D
Don't make no difference to me
                Am7              D        Am7  D
Just catch that streetcar that's goin' uptown
                  Am7             D
Yeah, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland
    Am7               D
And dance me a honkey-tonk
            Am7              D          Am7   D
And I'll be buyin' ev'rybody drinks all round

            Am7             D
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland
       Am7                   D
Pretty mama come and take me by the hand
       Am7                  D
By the hand, take me by the hand pretty mama
                   (I wanna honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk
         Am7                   D
Come and dance with your daddy all night long
                      with you all night long)