CHINA GROVE
[Intro]
                       

[Verse]
             
When the sun c

              
omes up on a s

    
leepy little t

own
                                  

Down around san antone
             
And the folks 

              
are risin’ for

    
 another day
          
’round about t

                       
heir homes
           
The people of 

              
the town are s

                       
trange
              
And they’re pr

            
oud of where t

       
hey came

            
[Chorus]

          
 Well, you’re talkin’ ’bout china grove
  
Oh, china grov

e
                                            
Gtr 2 harmonizes notes 5th string 7th fret  A Gb Ab
 
             
[Verse]

              

              

      
Well, the preacher and the teacher. Lord, they’re a caution
          
They are the t

             
alk of the tow

          
n
              
When the gossi

             
p gets to flyi

            
n’ And they ai

n’t lyin’
          
When the sun g

             
oes fallin’ do

  
wn
           
They say that 

              
the father’s i

               
nsane
             
And dear missu

           
s perkin’s a g

 
ame


            
Gtr 2 harmoniz

             
es notes 5th s

      
tring 7th fret

  A Gb Ab

[Chorus]
We’re talkin’ ’bout the china grove

             
Gtr 2 harmoniz

             
es notes 5th s

     
tring 7th fret

  A Gb Ab
Oh, china grove

 

[Bridge]
 

     
But every day 

  
there’s a new 

thing comin’

                                          C#msus  

The ways of an oriental view

           
The sheriff an

              
d his buddies 

      
With their sam

  
urai swords

                                              

You can even hear the music at night

     
And though it’

  
s a part of th

e lone star st

ate

             
People don’t s

                               
eem to care
             
They just keep

              
 on lookin’ to

                    
 the east
              
[Solo]

              

              

          
                         

                       

      
[Chorus]

         


            
Talkin’ ’bout 

           
the china grov

e

Oh, china grove

(note the extra notes on this part at the end of the song)


Gtr 2 harmonizes notes 5th string 7th fret  A Gb Ab A Ab