Intro: Em | Em
Em Em+7 Em7 Em6 Em+ Em F#7 F#-9
Black, black, black is the color of my true love’s hair.
Bm Em Em7 Em6 Em+ Em
Her lips are like some roses fair,
Amsus2 Bmadd13- Em
She has the sweetest smile and gentlest hands,
Dm Dm7 Dm6 C#m C#m7 C#m6 C#madd11 C#madd9/B
I love the ground whereon she stands.
Instrumental: Em7 | Em7
Em7 Em7/B Em7
I love my love and well she knows,
Em7/B Em7
I love the ground whereon she goes,
Amadd9 Bmadd9 Em7
I wish the day it soon would come
Em7/A Em7/G
When she and I
Em7/A Em7/F# Em7
Could be as one.
Instrumental: C#m C#m+7 C#m6/A# C#m/A#
Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7
Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9
Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7
Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9
Em9 | Em7
Em7 Em7/B Em7
I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep,
Em7/B Em7
But satisfied I never could sleep.
Amadd9 Bmadd9 Em7
I’ll write her a letter, just a few short lines
Dm C#m
And suffer death a thousand times.
Instrumental: C#m C#m+7 C#m6 C#m | C#m/A# C#m+7/A# C#m6/A# C#m/A#
Em7 Em7/B Em7 Em7/B
Black is the color of my true love’s hair.
Em7 Amadd9 Bmadd9 Em7
Her lips are like some roses fair,
Am Bm/D Bm/F# Em7
I love the ground whereon she stands.
Instrumental: C#m C#m+7 C#m6/A# C#m/A#
Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7
Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9
Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7
Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9
Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7
Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9
Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7
Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9
Emadd9 | Emadd11+ Em | Dm | Dm
Em | Emadd11+ Em | Dm7 | Dm9 | Em