Tone: [Am]
Intro:
[Am]
Verse 1:
Black is the [F]colour of my [G]true love's [Am]hair
Her lips are [F]like a [G]rose so [Am]fair
She's got the sweetest [F]face and the [G]gentlest [Am]hands
I love the [F]ground where[G]whereon she [Am]stands
Verse 2:
I love my [F]love and [G]well she [Am]knows
I love the [F]ground where[G]whereon she [Am]goes
And how I [F]wish the [G]day would [Am]come
When she and [F]I can [G]be as [F]one
Verse 3:
[G]Black is the [Am]colour of my [G]true love's [Am]hair
Her lips are [F]like a [G]rose so [Am]fair
She's got the sweetest [F]face and the [G]gentlest [Am]hands
I love the [F]ground where[G]whereon she [D]stands
Interlude:
Oooh, whereon she [Am]stands
[F]Oooh, whereon she [D]stands
[F]Oooh, whereon she [Dm]stands
[Am]Oooh, whereon she [F]stands
[Dm]Oooh, whereon she [Am]stands
Verse 4:
I go to the [F]Clyde and [G]mourn and [Am]weep
Satis[F]Satisfied I [G]never will [Am]sleep
I'll write her a [F]letter, just a [G]few short [Am]lines
And suffer [F]death, ten [G]thousand [Am]times
Verse 5:
Black is the [F]colour of my [G]true love's [Am]hair
Her lips are [F]like a [G]rose so [Am]fair
She's got the sweetest [F]face and the [G]gentlest [Am]hands
I love the [F]ground where[G]whereon she [F]stands
Outro:
I [G]love the [F]ground where[G]whereon she [F]stands
Outro:
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