Dan’s Big Awesome Acoustic Songbook

The Doobie Brothers - China Grove

Originally in E, I play in A capo 1

Can replace the all the vi’s in the riff-y parts with IV/3

Guitar only

AAAAGF#mDAA

Band enters

AAAAGF#mDAA

Hanging stop at the end of this phrase

AAAAGF#mD

Vox on the 3 on “sun”

When the sAun comes up on a Asleepy little town

GDown aroundF#mSan AntDone A

And the fAolks are risin’ for another day

‘GRound abF#mout their hDome A

The pF#m7eople of the town are Estrange

With chromatic walk from the first to the second chord

And they’re D7proud of where they caF7me

We’ll your Atalkin’ ‘bout China GGrove, D/F#whoa oh

AOh, Goh, D/F#oh China GrAove GD/F#A

Well the pAreacher and the teacher, lord they’re a caution

GThey are the F#mtalk of tDhe town A

When the gAossip gets to flyin’, and tAhey ain’t lyin’

When the sGun go F#mfallin’ dDown A

They sF#m7ay that the father’s insEane

And dDear Miss Perkins a gamF7e

We’ll your Atalkin’ ‘bout China GGrove, D/F#whoa oh

AOh, Goh, D/F#oh China GrAove GD/F#A

C#m→ E→ But eF#m7very day there’s a new thing comin’

The Bm7ways of a oriental F#m7view

The F#m7sheriff and his buddies with their F#m7samurai swords

BYou can even hear the music at night Bsus4B

C#m→ E→ And tF#m7hough it’s a part of the lone star state

Bm7People don’t seem to cF#m7are

DThey just keep on lDsus4ookin’ to the EDast F→ G→ AF→ G→ A

Solo

AAAAGF#mDAA

F#m7EDD→ D#7→ E7→ F7

ATalkin’ ‘bout China GGrove, D/F#whoa oh

AOh, Goh, D/F#oh China GrAove GD/F#A