China Grove - The Doobie Brothers

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[Intro]
         $ $
  The 4th time

/   $ $/  
 let the A kee

#  /   : 
p going

[Verse 1]
  
 When the sun 

comes up on a 

sleepy little 

town
            
 Down around S

#   
an Antone
 
 All the folks

 risen for ano

ther day
           
 Round about t

   
heir homes

[Chorus]
           
 The people in

              
 the town are 


strange
             
 And their pro

             
ud from where 

    
they came
             
 We'll your ta

           
lkin about the

   :
 china grove
    
 Oh, china gro

ve

[Verse 2]
 
 Well the prea

cher and the t

eacher
 
 Lord they're 

a caution
           
 They are the 

            
talk of the to

wn
 
 When the goss

ip get a flyin

'
 
 And they ain'

t lyin'
             
 When the sun 

          
goes fallin do

wn

[Chorus]
           
 They say that

              
 the fathers i


nsane
             
 And dear Miss

            
us Perkins a g


ame
             
 We'll your ta

           
lkin about the

   :
 china grove
    
 Oh, china gro

ve

[Verse 3]
 
 But every day

 theres a new 

thing comin'
             
 The ways of a

          
 oriental view
 
 The sharrif a

nd his buddies

 With their samuri swords
  
 You can even 

hear the music

 at night
  
 Although it's

 apart of a lo

ne star state
  
 People don't 

seem to care
 
 They just kee

p on lookin' t

o the east

[Solo]
            
 Talkin about 

       
the China Grov

e
    
 Oh, china gro

ve