D       Am7        D               Am7         D  
Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin' 
Am7        D           Am7           D  
ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name 
Am7          D           Am7          D  
Catfish are jumpin' that paddle wheel thumpin' 
Am7            D           Am7         D 
Black water keeps rollin' on down to the sea 
      
Chorus 
 
G                                 Bb                                            G  
Old black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?    
                                  Bb                                            G 
Old black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me? 
                                  Bb                                            A  '  '  Em7 
Old black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?      
        A            Em7               A     Em7 
keep on shinin' your light, gonna make every thing      
               A                 Em7 
wo mama, gonna make everything all right 
       D            Am7              D           Am7      A     Em7 
Well I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry at all 
 
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D     Am7                D               Am7              D  
If it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me 
               Am7               D            Am7   D 
Just take that street car that's goin' up town        
                     Am7             D             Am7           D  
Oh yeah, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland and dance a honky tonk 
             Am7                    D        Am7      D  
and I'll be  buyin' everybody drinks all night long 
      
Chorus 
          
D           Am7             D                 Am7                            D 
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma gonna and take me by the hand 
             Am7                        D 
by the hand, take me by the hand pretty momma, 
         Am7                     D 
come and dance with your daddy all night long, I'd like to...Repeat an fade