Chords:
{t:Black is the Colour}
{artist:Christy Moore}
{key:Am}
Christy Moore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5KVBpKu8Oo
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[Am] Black is the [F] colour [G] of my true love's [Am] hair.
Her lips are [F] like some [G] roses [E7] fair.
She's the sweetest [F] smile and the [G] gentlest [E7] hands.
I love the [F] ground [G] where on she [Am] stands.
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[Am] I love my [F] love - [G] well she [Am] knows.
I love the [F] ground where on [G] she [E7] goes.
I wish the [F] day it [G] soon would [E7] come
When she and [F] I [G] could be as [Am] one.
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[Am] I go to the[F] Clyde [G] andmourn and [Am] weep
Satis[F] fied I [G] never can [E7] be.
I write her a [F] letter, just a [G] few short [E7] lines
And suffer [F] death [G] a thousand [Am] times.
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For [Am] Black is the [F] colour [G] of my true love's [Am] hair.
Her lips are [F] like some [G] roses [E7] fair.
She's the sweetest [F] smile and the [G] gentlest [E7] hands.
I love the [F] ground [G] where on she [Am] stands.
