IntroDmFCDmDmFCDmDmF
e|----1-1-|----1-1-|----1-1-|--------|----1-1-|----1-1-|----1-1-|--------|
B|----3-3-|----3-3-|----3-3-|--------|----1-1-|----1-1-|----1-1-|--------|
G|----2-2-|----2-2-|----2-2-|--------|----2-2-|----2-2-|----1-1-|--------|
D|0-------|--------|0-------|----0---|----3-3-|----3-3-|----1-1-|--------|
A|--------|0-------|--------|0-------|--------|3-------|--------|3-------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|1-------|--------|1-------|----1---|
|1-e-&-a-|2-e-&-a-|3-e-&-a-|4-e-&-a-|1-e-&-a-|2-e-&-a-|3-e-&-a-|4-e-&-a-|
d d u d d u d d u d d d d u d d u d d u d d
CDm
e|----0-0-|----0-0-|----0---|--------|----1-1-|----1-1-|1---3---|3---1---|
B|----1-1-|----1-1-|----1---|--------|----2-2-|----3-3-|3-------|3---3---|
G|----0-0-|----0-0-|----0---|--------|----3-3-|----2-2-|2-------|2---2---|
D|----2-2-|----2-2-|----2---|3-2-0---|0-------|--------|0-------|0---0---|
A|3-------|--------|3-------|------3-|--------|0-------|--------|3---3---|
E|--------|3-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
This gets pretty close to hitting the combo of walking baseline and playing the rhythm, and hitting the
high G that's played in the second section of Dm that's pretty integral to the songs melody.
It's not perfect though and the last section can 100% be improved.
Also, the last bar of the F section only has the C on 3rd fret played, but it sounds weird to only play that,
so I added in a D, which doesn't sound perfect. However, I think that it's an F and not an
Fmaj7, but I could be wrong.
Verse 1DmFmaj7
Help me escape from this deserted sea
CDm
Lord, I think that the devil might be after me
DmFmaj7
I don't want to waste my integrity
CDm
I'm just a man livin' a one night stand, I tell you what I need
ChorusFCG
Oh Black Creek, take me to that place
FCDm
Wash my sins away
FCG
Oh, Black Creek, take me to that place
FCDm
Wash my sins away
Fmaj7CDmVerse 2DmFmaj7
Just a little taste, that's all I need
CDm
Fruitful harvest in a wicked garden off a forbidden tree
DmFmaj7A simple scheme from judging fate
CDm
Simple as it may be, it's more than I can take
ChorusFCG
Oh Black Creek, take me to that place
FCDm
Wash my sins away
FCG
Oh, Black Creek, take me to that place
FCDm
Wash my sins away
Fmaj7CDmDmFmaj7CDmVerse 3Dm
Guitar man, play me a tune
Fmaj7CDm
I got one foot tappin' and nothing to lose I'm lost, I don't want to be found
Dm
The end for me could be comin' real soon
Fmaj7CDm
I'd like a glass of tea mixed with a sassafras root and a breath of higher ground
ChorusFCG
Oh Black Creek, take me to that place
FCDm
Wash my sins away
FCG
Oh, Black Creek, take me to that place
FCDm
Wash my sins away
FCDm
Won't you wash my sins away
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.