China Groove

{title:China Grove}

{st:The Doobie Brothers}

[[E]] [[D]] [[A]] [[E]] [[D]] [[A]]

When the [[E]]sun comes up on a sleepy little town [[D]]down around[[A]] San Antone

[[E]]And the folks are risin' for another day [[D]]'round a[[A]]bout their homes.

[[E]]The [[C#m]]people of the town are [[B]]strange [[Bsus4]]

[[B]]and they're [[A]]proud of where[[Bb7]] [[B7]]they [[C7]]came.

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Well you're [[E]]talkin' 'bout China Grove, [[D]] [[A]] Oh oh[[E]] [[D]] [[A]]China Grove [[E]] [[D]] [[A]] [[E]]

Well, the [[E]]preacher and the teacher, Lord, they're a caution, [[D]]they are the [[A]]talk of the town

[[E]]When the gossip gets to flyin' and they ain't lyin' when the [[D]]sun goes [[A]]fallin' down

[[E]]They [[C#m]]say that the father's in[[B]]sane [[Bsus4]] [[B]]and [[A]]dear Missus Per[[Bb7]]kin's [[B7]]a [[C7]]game

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[[G#m]]

[[B]]But [[C#m7]]ev'ry day there's a new thing comin' the [[F#m7]]ways of an oriental [[C#m7]]view

The sheriff and his buddies with their samuari swords, [[F#]]you can even hear the [[F#sus4]]music

[[F#]]at night. [[F#sus4]] [[F#]]

[[G#m]]

[[B]]And [[C#m7]]though it's a part of the Lone Star State [[F#m7]]people don't seem to care, [[C#m7]]

[[A]]They just keep on [[Asus4]]lookin' [[A]]to the East.

[[C]] [[D]] [[E]] [[C]] [[D]] [[E]]

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