Biography:
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock group, best known for hit singles like Black Water, China Grove, Listen to the Music, Long Train Runnin', and What a Fool Believes. They have sold over 40 million albums worldwide. The Doobie Brothers were inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.
In 1969, singer, guitarist and songwriter Tom Johnston and drummer John Hartman formed the nucleus of what would become The Doobie Brothers. Skip Spence
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Other songs:
- Black Water
- Listen To The Music
- A Brighter Day
- Another Park Another Sunday
- Chicago
- China Grove
- Dangerous
- Dark Eyed Cajun Woman
- Dependin On You
- Dont Stop To Watch The Wheels
- Down In The Track
- Drift Away
- Eyes Of Silver
- Here To Love You
- I Cheat The Hangman
- It Keeps You Running
- Jesus Is Just Alright
- Lawdogs
- Long Train Runnin
- Minute By Minute
- My Baby
- Natural Thing
- Need A Little Taste Of Love
- Nobody
- Old Jaurez
- Ordinary Man
- Real Love
- Rockin Down The Highway
- South City Midnight Lady
- Takin It To The Streets
- Tell Me What You Want And Ill Give You What You Need
- Toulouse Street
- Turn It Loose
- Ukiah
- What A Fool Believes
- Wheels Of Fortune
- White Sun
- Without You
- World Gone Crazy
- Wynken Blynken And Nod
- Young Mans Game
- Youre Made That Way
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Black Water:Doobie Brothers.
#1 in 1975.
[Verse]
D Am7 D Am7 D
Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'..
Am7 D Am7 D
ole 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
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin'.
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'..
Bb
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin'..
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'..
Bb A Em7
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
A Em7 A Em7 A
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light, gonna make everything,
A Em7
pretty mama, gonna make everything all right.
D Am7 D Am7 A Em7 A
And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry..at all.
[Interlude]
Am7 D x4
[Verse]
D Am7 D Am7 D
Well, if it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me.
Am7 D Am7
Just take that street car that's goin' up town..
Am7 D Am7 D
Yeah, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland and dance a honky-tonk..
Am7 D Am7 D
and I'll be buyin' everybody drinks all round.
[Chorus]
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'..
Bb
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin'.
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'..
Bb
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin'..
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'..
Bb A Em7
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
A Em7 A Em7 A
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light, gonna make everything,
A Em7
everything, gonna make everything all right.
D Am7 D Am7 A Em7 A
And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry..at all.
[Solo]
Am7 D
[Outro]
D Am7 D Am7
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me
D
by the hand..
Am7 D
By the hand, take me by the hand, pretty momma..
Am7 D
come and dance with your daddy, all night long.
(A Cappella)
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me
by the hand..
By the hand, take me by the hand, pretty momma..
come and dance with your daddy, all night long.
D Am7 D Am7
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me
D
by the hand..
Am7 D
By the hand, take me by the hand, pretty momma..
Am7 D
come and dance with your daddy, all night long.
D Am7 D Am7
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me
D
by the hand..
Am7 D
By the hand, take me by the hand, pretty momma..
Am7 D
come and dance with your daddy, all night long. (Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
#1 in 1975.
[Verse]
D Am7 D Am7 D
Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'..
Am7 D Am7 D
ole 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
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin'.
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'..
Bb
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin'..
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'..
Bb A Em7
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
A Em7 A Em7 A
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light, gonna make everything,
A Em7
pretty mama, gonna make everything all right.
D Am7 D Am7 A Em7 A
And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry..at all.
[Interlude]
Am7 D x4
[Verse]
D Am7 D Am7 D
Well, if it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me.
Am7 D Am7
Just take that street car that's goin' up town..
Am7 D Am7 D
Yeah, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland and dance a honky-tonk..
Am7 D Am7 D
and I'll be buyin' everybody drinks all round.
[Chorus]
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'..
Bb
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin'.
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'..
Bb
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin'..
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'..
Bb A Em7
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
A Em7 A Em7 A
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light, gonna make everything,
A Em7
everything, gonna make everything all right.
D Am7 D Am7 A Em7 A
And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry..at all.
[Solo]
Am7 D
[Outro]
D Am7 D Am7
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me
D
by the hand..
Am7 D
By the hand, take me by the hand, pretty momma..
Am7 D
come and dance with your daddy, all night long.
(A Cappella)
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me
by the hand..
By the hand, take me by the hand, pretty momma..
come and dance with your daddy, all night long.
D Am7 D Am7
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me
D
by the hand..
Am7 D
By the hand, take me by the hand, pretty momma..
Am7 D
come and dance with your daddy, all night long.
D Am7 D Am7
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me
D
by the hand..
Am7 D
By the hand, take me by the hand, pretty momma..
Am7 D
come and dance with your daddy, all night long. (Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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