Gregory Porter: "Black Is the Color (of My True Love’s Hair)"

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Traditional Folk Song


Intro: Am | Am

Am     Am7+   Am7 Am6
Black, black, black
       Am+  Am     B7              
Is the color of my true love’s hair.
Em           Am   Am7  Am6 Am+ Am
Her lips are like some roses fair,
            Dmsus2             Emadd13- Am
She has the sweetest smile and gentlest hands,
           Gm Gm7
I love the ground
Gm6         F#m F#m7 F#m6 F#madd11 F#madd9  
Whereon she stands.

Instrumental: Am7 | Am7

  Am7                          
I love my love and well she knows,
                                 
I love the ground whereon she goes,
           Dmadd9 Emadd9     Am7
I wish the day it soon would come
                        
When she and I
                
Could be as one.

Instrumental: F#m F#m7+ F#m6 F#m6

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7

              Am7 | Am7

  Am7                                
I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep,
                               
But satisfied I never could sleep.
                 Dmadd9         Emadd9    Am7
I’ll write her a letter, just a few short lines
           Gm               F#m
And suffer death a thousand times.

Instrumental: F#m F#m7+ F#m6 F#m
              F#m6 F#m7+ F#m6 F#m6

Am7                                            
Black is the color of my true love’s hair.
                       Dmadd9 Emadd9 Am7
Her lips are like some roses fair,
           Dm    Em           Am7
I love the ground whereon she stands.

Instrumental: F#m F#m7+ F#m6 F#m6

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm7

              Amadd9 | Amadd11+ Am | Gm | Gm
              Am | Amadd11+ Am | Gm7 | Gm7
              Am
 
 

Finger notations of chords (ukulele)

Am for ukulele Am7+ for ukulele Am7 for ukulele Am6 for ukulele Am+ for ukulele B7 for ukulele Em for ukulele Dmsus2 for ukulele Emadd13- for ukulele Gm for ukulele Gm7 for ukulele Gm6 for ukulele F#m for ukulele F#m7 for ukulele F#m6 for ukulele F#madd11 for ukulele F#madd9 for ukulele Dmadd9 for ukulele Emadd9 for ukulele F#m7+ for ukulele Amadd9 for ukulele Gmadd9 for ukulele Dm for ukulele Amadd11+ for ukulele

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