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

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Traditional Folk Song


Intro: Bbm | Bbm

Bbm    Bbm7+  Bbm7 Bbm6
Black, black, black
       Bbm+ Bbm    C7              
Is the color of my true love’s hair.
Fm           Bbm  Bbm7 Bbm6 Bbm+ Bbm
Her lips are like some roses fair,
            D#msus2            Fmadd13- Bbm
She has the sweetest smile and gentlest hands,
           G#m G#m7
I love the ground
G#m6        Gm  Gm7  Gm6  Gmadd11  Gmadd9   
Whereon she stands.

Instrumental: Bbm7 | Bbm7

  Bbm7                         
I love my love and well she knows,
                                 
I love the ground whereon she goes,
           D#madd9 Fmadd9    Bbm7
I wish the day it soon would come
                        
When she and I
                
Could be as one.

Instrumental: Gm Gm7+ Gm6 Gm6

              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7
              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7

              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7
              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7

              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7
              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7

              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7
              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7

              Bbm7 | Bbm7

  Bbm7                               
I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep,
                               
But satisfied I never could sleep.
                 D#madd9        Fmadd9    Bbm7
I’ll write her a letter, just a few short lines
           G#m              Gm
And suffer death a thousand times.

Instrumental: Gm Gm7+ Gm6 Gm
              Gm6 Gm7+ Gm6 Gm6

Bbm7                                           
Black is the color of my true love’s hair.
                       D#madd9 Fmadd9 Bbm7
Her lips are like some roses fair,
           D#m   Fm           Bbm7
I love the ground whereon she stands.

Instrumental: Gm Gm7+ Gm6 Gm6

              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7
              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7

              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7
              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7

              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7
              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7

              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7
              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7

              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7
              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7

              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7
              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7

              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7
              Bbmadd9 Bbm6 Bbm7 Bbm7

              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7
              G#madd9 G#m6 G#m7 G#m7

              Bbmadd9 | Bbmadd11+ Bbm | G#m | G#m
              Bbm | Bbmadd11+ Bbm | G#m7 | G#m7
              Bbm
 
 

Finger notations of chords (ukulele)

Bbm for ukulele Bbm7+ for ukulele Bbm7 for ukulele Bbm6 for ukulele Bbm+ for ukulele C7 for ukulele Fm for ukulele D#msus2 for ukulele Fmadd13- for ukulele G#m for ukulele G#m7 for ukulele G#m6 for ukulele Gm for ukulele Gm7 for ukulele Gm6 for ukulele Gmadd11 for ukulele Gmadd9 for ukulele D#madd9 for ukulele Fmadd9 for ukulele Gm7+ for ukulele Bbmadd9 for ukulele G#madd9 for ukulele D#m for ukulele Bbmadd11+ for ukulele

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