Black Is The Colour Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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[Verse 1]
             F       G                    Am
Black is the colour,   of my true love's hair,
             F          G     E7
Her lips are like, some roses fair,
                      F              G        E7
She has the sweetest smile, and the gentlest hands,
                F    G             Am
And I love the ground, whereon she stands.
 
 
[Verse 2]
          F     G              Am
I love my love,   and well she knows,
            F           G       E7
I love the ground, whereon she goes,
            F      G           E7
I wish the day, it soon would come,
             F  G              Am
When she and I    could be as one.
 
 
[Verse 3]
             F    G                 Am
I go to the Clyde   and I mourn and weep,
         F        G        E7
For satisfied, I never can be,
                   F              G          E7
Then I write her a letter, just a few short lines,
             F    G             Am
And suffer death,   a thousand times.
 
 
[Verse 4]
                 F       G                    Am
For black is the colour,   of my true love's hair,
             F          G     E7
Her lips are like, some roses fair,
                      F             G         E7
She has the sweetest smile, and the gentlest hands,
            F      G             Am
I love the ground,   whereon she stands.
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
F  G  Am
F  G  E7
F  G  E7
F  G  Am
 
 
[Verse 5]
             F       G                    Am
Black is the colour,   of my true love's hair,
             F          G     E7
Her lips are like, some roses fair,
                      F             G        E7
She has the sweetest smile, and the gentlest hands,
               F    G               Am
And I love the ground, whereon she stands.
                F    G               Am
Yes, I love the ground, whereon she stands.
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9 comments

Agreed capo on 1, also no C its G

If you want to play Davey Graham's version just put a Capo on 5th fret ! The intro he plays is Am Bm C Dm E7

you should really put on a paco on 1st fret, sounds much more like it =) anyway well done =) 5