Intro: Em | Em

Em     Em7+   Em7 Em6      Em+  Em     F#7         F#9-
Black, black, black is the color of my true love’s hair.
Hm           Em   Em7  Em6 Em+ Em
Her lips are like some roses fair,
            Amsus2             Hmadd13- Em
She has the sweetest smile and gentlest hands,
           Dm Dm7 Dm6         C#m C#m7 C#m6 C#madd11 C#madd9/H
I love the ground whereon she stands.

Instrumental: Em7 | Em7

  Em7                Em7/H  Em7
I love my love and well she knows,
                     Em7/H    Em7
I love the ground whereon she goes,
           Amadd9 Hmadd9     Em7
I wish the day it soon would come
             Em7/A Em7/G
When she and I
Em7/A Em7/F# Em7
Could be as one.

Instrumental: C#m C#m7+ C#m6/A# C#m/A#
              Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9              Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9              Em9 | Em7

  Em7                     Em7/H   Em7
I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep,
                Em7/H       Em7
But satisfied I never could sleep.
                 Amadd9         Hmadd9    Em7
I’ll write her a letter, just a few short lines
           Dm               C#m
And suffer death a thousand times.

Instrumental: C#m C#m7+ C#m6 C#m | C#m/A# C#m7+/A# C#m6/A# C#m/A#

Em7               Em7/H  Em7               Em7/H
Black is the color of my true love’s hair.
             Em7       Amadd9 Hmadd9 Em7
Her lips are like some roses fair,
           Am    Hm/D  Hm/F#  Em7
I love the ground whereon she stands.

Instrumental: C#m C#m7+ C#m6/A# C#m/A#
              Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9              Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9              Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9              Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em9 | Emadd9 Em6 Em7 Em7              Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9 | Dmadd9 Dm6 Dm7 Dm9              Emadd9 | Emadd11+ Em | Dm | Dm
              Em | Emadd11+ Em | Dm7 | Dm9 | Em