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

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Traditional Folk Song


Intro: Dm | Dm

Dm     Dm7+   Dm7 Dm6
Black, black, black
       Dm+  Dm     E7              
Is the color of my true love’s hair.
Am           Dm   Dm7  Dm6 Dm+ Dm
Her lips are like some roses fair,
            Gmsus2             Amadd13- Dm
She has the sweetest smile and gentlest hands,
           Cm Cm7
I love the ground
Cm6         Bm  Bm7  Bm6  Bmadd11  Bmadd9   
Whereon she stands.

Instrumental: Dm7 | Dm7

  Dm7                          
I love my love and well she knows,
                                 
I love the ground whereon she goes,
           Gmadd9 Amadd9     Dm7
I wish the day it soon would come
                        
When she and I
                
Could be as one.

Instrumental: Bm Bm7+ Bm6 Bm6

              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7
              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7

              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7
              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7

              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7
              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7

              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7
              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7

              Dm7 | Dm7

  Dm7                                
I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep,
                               
But satisfied I never could sleep.
                 Gmadd9         Amadd9    Dm7
I’ll write her a letter, just a few short lines
           Cm               Bm
And suffer death a thousand times.

Instrumental: Bm Bm7+ Bm6 Bm
              Bm6 Bm7+ Bm6 Bm6

Dm7                                            
Black is the color of my true love’s hair.
                       Gmadd9 Amadd9 Dm7
Her lips are like some roses fair,
           Gm    Am           Dm7
I love the ground whereon she stands.

Instrumental: Bm Bm7+ Bm6 Bm6

              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7
              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7

              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7
              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7

              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7
              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7

              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7
              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7

              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7
              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7

              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7
              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7

              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7
              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7

              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7
              Cmadd9 Cm6 Cm7 Cm7

              Dmadd9 | Dmadd11+ Dm | Cm | Cm
              Dm | Dmadd11+ Dm | Cm7 | Cm7
              Dm
 
 

Finger notations of chords (ukulele)

Dm for ukulele Dm7+ for ukulele Dm7 for ukulele Dm6 for ukulele Dm+ for ukulele E7 for ukulele Am for ukulele Gmsus2 for ukulele Amadd13- for ukulele Cm for ukulele Cm7 for ukulele Cm6 for ukulele Bm for ukulele Bm7 for ukulele Bm6 for ukulele Bmadd11 for ukulele Bmadd9 for ukulele Gmadd9 for ukulele Amadd9 for ukulele Bm7+ for ukulele Dmadd9 for ukulele Cmadd9 for ukulele Gm for ukulele Dmadd11+ for ukulele

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