Black Water:Doobie Brothers.
#1 in 1975.

Intro

fade in:

  

[Verse]

          
Well, I built 

             
me a raft and 

           
she's ready fo

   
r floatin'..
          
   ole Mississ

            
ippi, she's ca

         
llin' my name.
          
Catfish are ju

            
mpin', that pa

           
ddle-wheel thu

mpin'..
           
black water ke

             
eps rollin' on

           
 past just the

 
 same.
  
   
[Chorus]


Old black wate

r, keep on rol

lin'..   
            
Mississippi mo

              
on won't you k

              
eep on shinin'

     
.
             
Old black wate

              
r, keep on rol

                     
lin'..
            
Mississippi mo

              
on won't you k

              
eep on shinin'

    
..

Old black wate

r, keep on rol

lin'..
            
Mississippi mo

              
on won't you k

              
eep on shinin'

         
 on me?

     
              
Yeah, keep on 

             
shinin' your l

           
ight, gonna ma

          
ke every thing

,
              
pretty mama, g

             
onna make ever

           
ything all rig

ht.
             
And I ain't go

           
t no worries '

             
cause I ain't 

           
in no hurry..a

          
t all.


[Interlude]
   
  x4


[Verse]

           
Well, if it ra

            
ins, I don't c

              
are, don't mak

           
e no differenc

      
e to me.
              
Just take that

           
 street car th

             
at's goin' up 

     
town..
              
Yeah, I'd like

           
 to hear some 

             
funky Dixielan

           
d and dance a 

       
honky-tonk..
            
and I'll be bu

             
yin' everybody

           
 drinks all ro

     
und.


[Chorus]


Old black wate

r, keep on rol

lin'..   
            
Mississippi mo

              
on won't you k

              
eep on shinin'

     
.
             
Old black wate

              
r, keep on rol

                     
lin'..
            
Mississippi mo

              
on won't you k

              
eep on shinin'

    
..

Old black wate

r, keep on rol

lin'..
            
Mississippi mo

              
on won't you k

              
eep on shinin'

         
 on me?

              
Yeah, keep on 

            
shinin' your l

            
ight, gonna ma

          
ke every  thin

 
g,
              
everything, go

             
nna make every

          
thing all righ

t.
             
And I ain't go

           
t no worries '

             
cause I ain't 

           
in no hurry..a

       
t all.


[Solo]

  


[Outro]
 
           
I'd like to he

             
ar some funky 

             
Dixieland, pre

           
tty momma come

                    
 and take me
            
by the hand..

   a capella on D :
                     
By the hand, take me by the hand, pretty momma..
                            
come and dance with your daddy, all night long.
                        
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.
                        
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me
            
by the hand..
           
By the hand, t

              
ake me by the 


hand, pretty m

omma..
           
come and dance

              
 with your dad

    
dy, all night 

long.
            
I'd like to he

             
ar some funky 

             
Dixieland, pre

           
tty momma come

                    
 and take me
            
by the hand..
           
By the hand, t

              
ake me by the 


hand, pretty m

omma..
           
come and dance

              
 with your dad

    
dy, all night 

long. 

            
I'd like to he

             
ar some funky 

             
Dixieland, pre

           
tty momma come

                    
 and take me
            
by the hand..
           
By the hand, t

              
ake me by the 


hand, pretty m

omma..
           
come and dance

              
 with your dad

    
dy, all night 

long. 



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