Black Mountain Blues Chords

by Dave Van Ronk
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: 5th fret
Author spenserkarr [a] 202. Last edit on Mar 25, 2015

Chords

E7
A
B7
D#7
D7

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Standard Tuning, Capo on 5
It's a pretty standard blues progression, E7/A/B7
You can get a similar sound to his initial picking pattern fooling around with the high
E string and a second fret on the B string
For the interlude, base the (E7/D#7/D7) transition around a D7 chord, and then go back
to the normal E7
 
Intro:E7
E7                           A                           E7
Well on black mountain, where a child'll spit in your face
A                                                      E7
I say on black mountain, where a child'll spit in your face
B7                        A                         E7
all the babies cry for whisky, all the birds sing bass
 
E7                                 A                 E7
Well on black mountain, there as mean as they can be
     A                                             E7
I say on black mountain, well as mean as they can be
           B7                   A                       E7
Well you know they use gunpowder, just to sweeten their tea
 
Interlude: (E7/D#7/D7)/E7/A/E7/(E7/D#7/D7)/E7/B7/A/E7/A/E7
 
E7                               A                      E7
Well on black mountain, well you can't keep a man in jail
A                                                       E7
I say on black mountain, well you can't keep a man in jail
        B7                             A                 E7
Well if the jury finds him guilty, the judge'll go that bail
 
E7                                        A                 E7
I had a gal on black mountain, well the sweetest gal in town
A                                                     E7
I had a gal on black mountain, well the sweetest gal in town
B7                              A               E7
Well met a sweet backed man, and she threw me down
 
Interlude:(E7/D#7/D7)/E7/A/E7/(E7/D#7/D7)/E7/B7/A/E7/A/E7
 
E7                                        A             E7
I'm going back to black mountain, me my razor and my gun
A                                                     E7
I'm going back to black mountain, me my razor and my gun
B7                                 A                  E7
I'm gonna cut her if she stands, shoot her if she runs
 
Interlude/outro:(E7/D#7/D7)/E7/A/E7/(E7/D#7/D7)/E7/B7/A/E7/A/E7
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Black Mountain Blues – Dave Van Ronk
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