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

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Traditional Folk Song


Intro: Bm | Bm

Bm     Bm7+   Bm7 Bm6
Black, black, black
       Bm+  Bm     C#7             
Is the color of my true love’s hair.
F#m          Bm   Bm7  Bm6 Bm+ Bm
Her lips are like some roses fair,
            Emsus2             F#madd13- Bm
She has the sweetest smile and gentlest hands,
           Am Am7
I love the ground
Am6         G#m G#m7 G#m6 G#madd11 G#madd9  
Whereon she stands.

Instrumental: Bm7 | Bm7

  Bm7                          
I love my love and well she knows,
                                 
I love the ground whereon she goes,
           Emadd9 F#madd9    Bm7
I wish the day it soon would come
                        
When she and I
                
Could be as one.

Instrumental: G#m G#m7+ G#m6 G#m6

              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7
              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7
              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Bm7 | Bm7

  Bm7                                
I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep,
                               
But satisfied I never could sleep.
                 Emadd9         F#madd9   Bm7
I’ll write her a letter, just a few short lines
           Am               G#m
And suffer death a thousand times.

Instrumental: G#m G#m7+ G#m6 G#m
              G#m6 G#m7+ G#m6 G#m6

Bm7                                            
Black is the color of my true love’s hair.
                       Emadd9 F#madd9 Bm7
Her lips are like some roses fair,
           Em    F#m          Bm7
I love the ground whereon she stands.

Instrumental: G#m G#m7+ G#m6 G#m6

              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7
              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7
              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7
              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7
              Bmadd9 Bm6 Bm7 Bm7

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Bmadd9 | Bmadd11+ Bm | Am | Am
              Bm | Bmadd11+ Bm | Am7 | Am7
              Bm
 
 

Finger notations of chords (ukulele)

Bm for ukulele Bm7+ for ukulele Bm7 for ukulele Bm6 for ukulele Bm+ for ukulele C#7 for ukulele F#m for ukulele Emsus2 for ukulele F#madd13- for ukulele Am for ukulele Am7 for ukulele Am6 for ukulele G#m for ukulele G#m7 for ukulele G#m6 for ukulele G#madd11 for ukulele G#madd9 for ukulele Emadd9 for ukulele F#madd9 for ukulele G#m7+ for ukulele Bmadd9 for ukulele Amadd9 for ukulele Em for ukulele Bmadd11+ for ukulele

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