Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Black is the col[F]our [G]of
my true love's [Am]hair
Her lips are [F]like some [G]roses [E]fair
She has the sweetest [F]smile
and [G]the gentlest hand[E]s
I love [F]the ground [G]whereon
she stand[Am]s

[Verse 2]
I love my [F]love [G]and well she kno[Am]ws
I love [F]the ground where[G]on she [E]goes
I wish the [F]day it [G]soon [E]would come
When she and [F]I c[G]ould be as one
[Am]

[Verse 3]
Black is [F]the colour [G]of
my true love's [Am]hair
Her lips are [F]like some [G]roses [E]fair
She's the sweetest [F]smile and
[G]the gentlest hand[Em]s[E]
I love [F]the ground [G]whereon she stands
[Am]

[Verse 4]
I go to the Cly[F]de [G]and I
mourn and [Am]weep
For satis[F]fied I [G]never can [E]be
I write her [F]a letter, just [G]a few short [E]lines
And suffer [F]death [G]a thousand tim[Am]es

[Interlude 1]
[F][G][Am][F][G]
[E][F][G][E][F]
[G][Am]

[Verse 5]
Black is the col[F]our [G]of
my true love's [Am]hair
Her lips [F]are like some [G]roses [E]fair
She's the sweetest [F]smile and
[G]the gentlest hand[E]s
I love [F]the ground [G]whereon she stands

[Outro 1]
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