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

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» Ordered by Anton Nikitin
± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 138 beats per minute

Traditional Folk Song

Intro: Am | Am

Am     Am7+   Am7 Am6
Black, black, black
       Am+  Am     B7          B9-
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/E
Whereon she stands.

Instrumental: Am7 | Am7

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

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

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am9
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am9
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9

              Am9 | Am7

  Am7                     Am7/E   Am7
I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep,
                Am7/E       Am7
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#m/D# F#m7+/D# F#m6/D# F#m/D#

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

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

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am9
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am9
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am9
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9

              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am9
              Amadd9 Am6 Am7 Am7

              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9
              Gmadd9 Gm6 Gm7 Gm9

              Amadd9 | Amadd11+ Am | Gm | Gm
              Am | Amadd11+ Am | Gm7 | Gm9
              Am