Black Rose Chords

***************** BLACK ROSE *****************
 
written by Billy Joe Shaver
performed by Waylon Jennings
 
Capo on the 3rd fret
 
 
[Intro]
E
 
 
[Verse 1]
 E              A
Way down in Virginia
            E                 B
Amongst the tall grown sugar canes
        E                A
Lived a simple man and a dominicker hen
      B                    E
And a rose of a different name
 
 
[Verse 2]
          E                  A
Well, the first time I felt lightning
      E                          B
I was standing in the drizzling rain
       E                    A
With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin
      B                    E
And a rose of a different name
 
 
[Chorus]
        E                       A
Was the devil made me do it the first time
    E                            B
The second time I done it on my own
E                       A
Lord, put a handle on a simple-headed man
            B                      E
And help me leave that black rose alone
 
 
[Instrumental]
E   A   E   B
E   A   B   E   E
 
 
[Verse 3]
         E                A
When the devil made that woman
         E                   B
Lord, he threw the pattern away
        E                        A
She was built for speed with the tools you need
          B               E
To make a new fool every day
 
 
[Verse 4]
E                  A
Way down deep and dirty
       E                B
On the darker side of shame
           E                      A
I caught a cane cuttin' man and a bottle of gin
       B                    E
With a rose of a different name
 
 
[Chorus]
    E                       A
The devil made me do it the first time
    E                            B
The second time I done it on my own
E                       A
Lord, put a handle on a simple-headed man
            B                      E
And help me leave that black rose alone
 
    E                       A
The devil made me do it the first time
    E                            B
The second time I done it on my own
E                       A
Lord, put a handle on a simple-headed man
            B                      E
And help me leave that black rose alone
 
 
[Outro]
E   A   E   B
E   A   B   E
 
(fade out)
 
 
 
Thanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr
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