INTRODUCTION [play this phrase 4 times, with slight variations]
Am7DE|-------0---------------0---------|
B|-------1---------------3---------|
G|-----0---------------2-----2-----|
D|->--------------------------->->-|
A|-0--------->----->-----------2h3-|
E|-----------3b----0---------------|
1 ' ' ' 2 ' ' ' 3 ' ' ' 4 ' ' '
VERSE #1:
DAm7DAm7D
Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'
Am7DAm7D
ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name
Am7DAm7D
Catfish are jumpin' that paddle wheel thumpin'
Am7DAm7D
Black water keeps rollin' on past just the same
CHORUS:
G
Old black water, keep on rollin'
BbG
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water,
keep on rollin'
BbG
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water,
keep on rollin'
BbA ' ' Em7
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
AEm7AEm7
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light, gonna make every thing
AEm7
Pretty mama, gonna make everything all right
DAm7DAm7AEm7
And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry at all
AE|---------------------------------|
B|-2---------------3p2-3p2---------| then: INTRO (4 times with fiddle solo)
G|-2-------------------------------|
D|-2---------------4p2-4p2---------|
A|-0-------------------------2h3---|
E|---------------------------------|
1 ' ' ' 2 ' ' ' 3 ' ' ' 4 ' ' '
VERSE #2
DAm7DAm7D
Well, if it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me
Am7DAm7D
Just take that street car that's goin' up town Yeah, I'd like to
Am7DAm7D
hear some funky Dixieland and dance a honky tonk, and I'll be
Am7DAm7D
buyin' everybody drinks all roun'-------
CHORUS, followed by guitar/fiddle solos, then:
ENDING [1: with music, 2/3: a capella, then with music, repeat and fade]:
DAm7DAm7
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me
DAm7D
by the hand, by the hand, take me by the hand,
(I want to honky-tonk) (honky-tonk)
Am7D
pretty momma, come and dance with your daddy all night long, I'd like to...
(honky-tonk) (with you all night long)
**Chords**
Am7DGBbEm7A
d 0 0 5 3 0 0
b 1 3 0 3 3 2
g 0 2 0 0 0 2
D 2 0 0 0 2 2
A 0 x x 1 2 0
D x 0 5 x 2 x