China Grove
Doobie Brothers
Submitted by: Charles, aerobrooks@hotmail.com
Date: 7/30/2008
Intro: EE EE D C# A EE (repeat 2x), E D A..
E
When the sun comes up on a sleepy little town
D A E
Down around San Antone
E
And the folks are risin' for another day
D A E
round about their homes
C#m B (E,B)
The people of the town are strange
A A A# B C
and they're proud of where they came,
Chorus:
E D A
Well you're talkin' 'bout China Grove
(background vocals: talkin' 'bout China Grove),
E D A E D A E
Whoa oh ho...Whoa ho China Grove
E
Well the preacher and the teacher, Lord, they're a caution
D A E
They are the talk of the town
E
When the gossip gets to flying, they ain't lyin'
D A E
when the sun goes fallin' down
C#m B (E,B)
Well they say that the father's insane,
A A A# B C
and dear Mrs Perkin’s a game,
Chorus
Bridge:
G#m B C#m
Well every day there's a new thing comin',
F#m7 C#m
The ways of an oriental view.
C#m
The sheriff and his buddies with their samurai swords,
F# F#sus4 F# G#m B
you can even hear the music at night.
C#m
And though it's a part of the Lone Star state
F#m7 C#m
The people don't seem to care
A C,D,E C,D,E
They'll just keep on lookin' to the east...
instrumental break and solo (6 sets of E,D,A,E like intro, then verse starting from C#m to end)
Chorus
1 measure on E (end on beat 1)
Rhy
fig.1
E-|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B-|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G-|--9--9----------------|--9--9----------------|
D-|--9--9----x-----x-----|--9--9----x-----x-----|
A-|--7--7----x-----x-----|--7--7----x-----x-----|
E-|--------------0-----0--|--------------0-----0--|
m m m
m
end fig.1 3 and 3/4
times
E-|-------------------------|----------------------|
B-|-------------------------|----------------------|
G-|--7-------6--------2-----|--------9--9----------|
D-|--7-------6--------2-----|--------9--9----------|
A-|--5-------4--------0-----|--------7--7----------|
E-|-------0--------0-----0--|--0--0--------7h9--0--|
1st verse with fig.1 twice
Rhy fig.2
E-|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
B-|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
G-|-----------9--9------|--------------------|-------------------------|
D-|-11--11---11--9---9--|--x--9----9---------|-------------------------|
A-|-11--11-----------9--|--x--9----9---------|--7--7--7--7--7--8--9-10-|
E-|--9---9--------x--7--|--x--7----7---0--0--|--5--5--5--5--5--6--7--8-|
end fig.2
E-|-----------------------|
B-|-----------------------|
G-|-----------------------|
D-|-----------7-----7-----|
A-|-----------7-----7-----|
E-|--0--7--9-----9-----0--|
Chorus
Rhy fig.3
E-|----------------------|----------------------|------------------|
B-|----------------------|----------------------|------------------|
G-|--9--9----------------|--7--7----------------|--9---------------|
D-|--9--9----x-----x-----|--7--7---7------------|--9--------6------|
A-|--7--7----x-----x-----|--5--5---4---4--7-----|--7--7--9---------|
E-|-------------0-----0--|-------------------0--|------------------|
E-|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
B-|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
G-|--7--7-------------9--|-----------------|--7--7-----------------|
D-|--7--7---7---------9--|----------6------|--7--7---7-------------|
A-|--5--5---4---------7--|----7--9---------|--5--5---4-------------|
E-|-------------0--0-----|-----------------|--------------0--0--0--|
end fig.3
E-|--------------------------|-----------------------|
B-|--------------------------|-----------------------|
G-|--------------9--9--9--9--|--9--------------------|
D-|--------9--9--9--9--9--9--|--9--------------------|
A-|--------7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--------------7-----|
E-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0---------7h9-----0--|
2nd verse with fig.1 twice
fig.2
Chorus with fig.3
Solo
E-|-----------------|-------|-------|-------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------------|-------|-------|-------|--------------------------|
G-|-----------------|-------|--.----|--.----|--------9--9------11-----9|
D-|--------------9--|--(9)--|---/---|---/---|--9h11--------11------9-11|
A-|--------9h11-----|-------|----.--|----.--|--------------------------|
E-|-----------------|-------|-------|-------|--------------------------|
E-|-------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
B-|-------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
G-|--11b13---11b13---11b13--|--11--9---9--|--11b14--11b13---9------9--|
D-|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------11------|
A-|-------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
E-|-------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
E-|------------------|---------------------------|------------------12-|
B-|-----------12b14--|--12--12b14-----12---------|---------------------|
G-|------------------|--------------------11b13--|--11p9--9-9--11b13---|
D-|--11--------------|---------------------------|--------11-----------|
A-|------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
E-|------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
E-|----------12----------------------|----------------12-----|
B-|----------------------------------|-------------12----15--|
G-|--11b13-------11b13r11--9------9--|----11---/13-----------|
D-|---------------------------11-----|-----------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
E-|-------------|------------------12---------|--12-----15b17----15--
15b17--|
B-|----15---15--|--15--15--15--15------12h15--|-----
12----------------------|
G-|-------------|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------|
D-|-------------|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------|
A-|-------------|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------|
E-|-------------|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------|
E-|--15--15b17--15--15b17--12------12---------|------------------------|
B-|----------------------------15------15b17--|-15--15b17---15--15b17--|
G-|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------|-------------------------12------|
B-|--15b17--15--15b17-----15--12--|--15--14--12---------12------12--|
G-|-------------------------------|--------------12/13--------------|
D-|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B-|--15--12----------------------|-------------------------------------|
G-|----------14b16--12b14--------|-------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------14--|-------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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