Dark Lady Chords

Words & Music: John Durrill
 
[Verse 1]
    Cm
The fortune queen of New Orleans
    C                       Fm          G
Was brushing her cat in her black limou-sine
Cm
On the back seat were scratches
         C                Fm              Eb  G
From the marks of men her fortune she had won
Cm
Couldn't see through the tinted glass
    C                  Fm         G
She said, "Home James" he hit the gas
  Cm
I followed her to some darkened room
    C                         Fm               Eb   G
She took my money, she said, "I'll be with you soon"
 
[Chorus]
Cm
Dark lady laughed and danced
            G              G7
And lit the candles one by one
G
Danced to her gypsy music
         Fm       Cm   G7
Till her brew was done
Cm
Dark lady played black magic
         G                   G7
Till the clock struck on the twelve
G
She told me more about me
       Fm   Cm     G7
Than I knew myself
 
[Verse 2]
Cm
She dealt two cards, a queen and a three
                 C
And mumbled some words
          Fm            G
That were so strange to me
Cm
Then she turned up a two-eyed jack
   C                    Fm
My eyes saw red but the card
             Eb   G
Still stayed black
Cm
She said the man you love is secretly true
    C                  Fm            G
To someone else who is very close to you
Cm
My advice is that you leave this place
      C             Fm                     Eb   G
Never come back and forget you ever saw my face
 
[Chorus]
Cm
Dark lady laughed and danced
            G              G7
And lit the candles one by one
G
Danced to her gypsy music
         Fm       Cm   G7
Till her brew was done
Cm
Dark lady played black magic
         G                   G7
Till the clock struck on the twelve
G
She told me more about me
       Fm   Cm     G7
Than I knew myself
 
[Chorus] (Key change)
C#m
Dark lady laughed and danced
            G#              G#7
And lit the candles one by one
G#
Danced to her gypsy music
         F#m       C#m   G#7
Till her brew was done
C#m
Dark lady played black magic
         G#                   G#7
Till the clock struck on the twelve
G#
She told me more about me
       F#m   C#m     G#7
Than I knew myself
 
[Verse 3]
C#m
So I ran home and crawled in my bed
  C#                        F#m                 G#
I couldn't sleep because of all the things she said
C#m
Then I remembered her strange perfume
        C#                    F#m     E   G#
And how I smelled it once in my own room
C#m
So I sneaked back and caught her with my man
C#                              F#m                G#
Laughing and kissing till they saw the gun in my hand
C#m
The next thing I knew they were dead on the floor
     C#                      F#m         E    G#
Dark lady would never turn a card up anymore
 
[Chorus]
C#m
Dark lady laughed and danced
            G#              G#7
And lit the candles one by one
G#
Danced to her gypsy music
         F#m       C#m   G#7
Till her brew was done
C#m
Dark lady played black magic
         G#                   G#7
Till the clock struck on the twelve
G#
She told me more about me
       F#m   C#m   G#7
Than I knew mysel
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