Diving Duck Blues — Taj Mahal

Chords and lyrics for Diving Duck Blues by Taj Mahal (key of C).

Intro

[C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [C]

Verse 1

[C]If the river was whiskey and I was a diving duck
[F]If the river was whiskey I was a diving duck[C]
[F]Honey if the river was whiskey I was a diving [C]duck
Oo y'all I'd [Am]dive upon the [G][Am]bottom, honey and I'd [G]never come [C]up

Verse 2

[C]Well the sun’s goin’ to shine on my back door someday
[F]You know the sun’s goin’ to shine on my back door [C]someday
[F]Well now the sun’s goin’ to shine on my back door [C]someday
[Am]The wind’s goin’ to [G]rise and [Am]blow my [G]blues [C]away

Verse 3

[C]Put your lovin’ arms around me honey like you circle around the sun
[F]Put your lovin’ arms around me yeah like you circle around the [C]sun
[F]Put your lovin’ arms around me like you circled around the[C] sun
[Am]Oh I’m goin’ to love you [G]baby honey till my [Am]moo cows[G] come [C]home

Bridge

[C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [C]

Verse 4

[C]My easy rider won't give me no rest
[F]Well my easy rider sure won't give me no [C]rest
[F]Well my easy rider sure won't give me no [C]rest
[Am]She got my heart a [G]wondering like the wild [Am]geese in [G]the [C]west

Verse 5

[C]Well I'm sitting on my front porch sunning in my old rocking chair
[F]I'm sitting on my front porch sunning in my old rocking [C]chair
[F]Sitting on my front porch sunning in my old rocking [C]chair
[Am]I'm going to rock rock [G]rock rock rock rock [Am]rock I [G]just [C]didn't care

Outro

[C]If the river was whiskey and I was a diving duck
If the[F] river was whiskey I was a diving [C]duck
If the[F] river was whiskey I was a diving [C]duck
Oo y'all I'd [Am]dive upon the [G][Am]bottom, baby then I'd [G]never come [C]up
Mmm y'all I'd[Am] dive upon the[G] [Am]bottom, baby and I'd [G]never come [C]up
I'd dive upon[Am] the [G][Am]bottom, baby and I'd [G]never come [C]up
I'd dive upon[Am] the [G][Am]bottom, baby and I'd [G]never come [C]up
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