The Blacker The Berrie Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
[G]You know my brothers and
I was [Em]raised in Cincinnati
You know, Cin[G]cinnati, [Em]Ohio
[G]And I remember when [Am]we were ki[G]ds[Em],
you know
We used [G]to walk to the woods,
[Em]you know
And go black[A]berry [Am]picking
[D]Swinging [Am]our baskets on our arms
[A]Skipping dow[Am]n the[G] ro[Em]ad, you kn[G]ow
[Em]And Jelly used to have an expr[G]es
sion he used to say back [Em]then
And we made [B]a song out of that expression
I remem[A]ber the [Am]words of it
It used to go a little bit like [Em]this[G][Em]
The blacker the berry,
[G]the sweeter the [Em]juice
He said these word[G]s

[Verse 2]
The blacker the [Em]berry[G][Em]
[G]He said the [Em]sweeter the [Am]juice
The blacker the [D]berry[Am][Em]
[G]Sweeter [Em]the juice
[G][Em]

[Verse 3]
[B]You know he dig[Em]ged
[B]blackberries so [Am]much
And everywhere [Em]he would go[G] he would
use that as his [Em]excuse, you know
[G]For staying out late [Em]at night
And my brother Rudolph,
[G]he use[Em]d to like strawberrie[G]s
If I remember [Em]correctly, at the time
[G]And at the time my [Em]thing
was wild [G]cherries[Em][Am]
I remember the three of us used
to steal toma[D]toes[Am][Em]
[G]And lay on the[Em] ground and peel
all kinds [G]of ice potatoes
[Em]And [B]sing
The black[Am]er the berry,

[Verse 4]
[Em]ha[G]
The [Em]sweeter the [G]juice[Em]
[G]Oh [Em]yeah, [G]alr[Am]ight[Em][G]
[Em]Lord have mercy

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][Am][A][Am]
[G][Em][G][Em][B]
[Am][Em]

[Verse 5]
[G]Yeah, yeah,
[Em]we used to strip[G] down [Em]bananas
[G]And[Em] throw the peelings[G] away at the same ti[Em]me in the street,
[G]you kno[Em]w[Am]
And when it got hot we'd drink all the
lemonade we could [D]get[Am]
'Til [G]we knocked ourselves
[Em]clean off our feet[G]
[Em]And then w[B]e'd walk along,
singing the [Am]blacker [A]the berry
The [Am]sweeter [G]the[Em] juic[G]e[Em]
Come on, [G]y'all

[Verse 6]
[Em]Blackberries,
[G]the[Em] swee[G]ter th[Em]e juice[G][Em]
Help [Am]me sing this [D]song[Am]
Blackberries, the [Em]sweeter,
the [G]sweeter [Em]the juice
[B]

[Verse 7]
Now how would you look eating [Am]a green berry,
you [Em]know
Ah, what's the [G]use?[Em]
Swing [G]your basket on your [Em]arm
And sing, [G]and sing, and sing,
[Em]and sing this [G]song[Em]
Blacker the berry,
[G]all at [Em]the same time[Am]

[Verse 8]
The blacker the [Am]berry, [D]yea[Am]h yea[Em]h
[G]The[Em] sweeter the jui[G]ce[Em]
[B]I l[Em]ike b[B]lackberries and [Am]ever[D]ywhere[A] I go,[Am][Em]
[G]tha[Em]t's my exc[G]use[Em]
I can [G]still hear him [Em]singing [G]this song
[Em]If you listen hard enough
you'll [G]hear it
Listen [Em]at it, sweeter the [G]juice[Em]
[Am]Black

[Verse 9]
are the berries
That's the way he sung it
You know he sung it like [D]that
Black [A]are [Am]the [Em]berri[G]es[Em]
[B]I like blackberries,
[A]tha[Am]t's m[A]y excuse[G]
Sing [Em]the song, Jelly
Black, the black[G],
the black[Em], the black
The black[G],
the black are [Em]the [G]berries[Em]
[G]Sweeter [Em]the [G]juice[E]
[Em]Sing it one more [A]time[Am]
[D]Black [Am]are [D]the berries,[A]
[G]swe[Em]eter the jui[G]ce[Em]
[B]I l[Em]ike b[B]lack[A]berries, I lik[Am]e blackberries,
[A]that's my [G]exc[Em]use
Sing, [G]sing, sing, sing [Em]the s[G]ong
Black are [Em]the berries,
[G]swe[Em]eter the juice[G][Em][G][Em][A][Am]
Black are the berries,
[A]swe[Am]eter [Em]the juice[G][Em]
[B]I like bla[A]ckberries, and I[Am] lik[A]e blac[Am]kberries,
[A]tha[Em]t's my [G]excus[Em]e
[G]And[Em] we w[G]ould walk along [G]and [Em]sing,
[G]sin[Em]g, sing the[Em] son[G]g
Keep [Em]on singing,
[E]Lor[Em]d have mercy[G][G]
[Em]Keep on sing[A]ing, black are the b[A]erries,
[Am]swee[A]ter [Am]the [Em]juice[Em][G][Em][D]
I like [B]blackberries, [Am]I like [D]blac[A]kberries,
[Em]that[G]'s my excuse[Em]
[G]Yea[G]h, [Em]yeah[G],[Em][G]
[Em]black [G]are the ber[Em]ries

[Outro 1]
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