Chords for CLYDE ARNOLD BLACK SMOKE AND BLUE TEARS
Tempo:
90.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
F
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F]
[E] One cold winter morning, [A] dragging a [E] ball of change,
Let me kiss my darling goodbye, [F#] then put me [B] on the train.
[E] I tried to hide my handcuffs, [A] she tried to [E] hide the tears,
[A] I tried to [E] paint a picture [B] that would last for [E] ninety years.
The engineer blew his whistle, [A] it made a [E] mournful sound,
The doctor hollered all [F#] aboard, I soon was [B] prison bound.
[E] Standing on the platform, [A] I watched her [E] wave goodbye,
[A] Hard to see [E] through cold black smoke [B] and blue tears [E] in her eyes.
[A] Black smoke from the train [E] and blue tears falling down,
[A] Was the white smoke from my pistol, [E] brought the [B] gambler down.
[E] I didn't mean to kill him, [A] why did he [E] have to die?
[A] Then there'd be [E] no cold black smoke [B] or blue tears in [E] my eyes.
Seems like a hundred years have [A] passed since that [E] sad, sad day,
I guess by now she's forgotten [F#] me since I've been [B] away.
[E] Looking through the bars tonight, [A] the dark clouds in [E] the sky,
[A] Reminds me of [E] that cold black smoke [B] and blue tears in [E] my eyes.
[A] Black smoke and [E] blue tears falling down,
[A] Was the white smoke from my pistol, [E] brought the [B] gambler down.
[E] I didn't mean to kill him, [A] why did he have [E] to die?
[A] Then there'd be [E] no cold black smoke [B] or blue tears in [E] my eyes.
[F] [E] [F]
[E] [F] [N]
[E] One cold winter morning, [A] dragging a [E] ball of change,
Let me kiss my darling goodbye, [F#] then put me [B] on the train.
[E] I tried to hide my handcuffs, [A] she tried to [E] hide the tears,
[A] I tried to [E] paint a picture [B] that would last for [E] ninety years.
The engineer blew his whistle, [A] it made a [E] mournful sound,
The doctor hollered all [F#] aboard, I soon was [B] prison bound.
[E] Standing on the platform, [A] I watched her [E] wave goodbye,
[A] Hard to see [E] through cold black smoke [B] and blue tears [E] in her eyes.
[A] Black smoke from the train [E] and blue tears falling down,
[A] Was the white smoke from my pistol, [E] brought the [B] gambler down.
[E] I didn't mean to kill him, [A] why did he [E] have to die?
[A] Then there'd be [E] no cold black smoke [B] or blue tears in [E] my eyes.
Seems like a hundred years have [A] passed since that [E] sad, sad day,
I guess by now she's forgotten [F#] me since I've been [B] away.
[E] Looking through the bars tonight, [A] the dark clouds in [E] the sky,
[A] Reminds me of [E] that cold black smoke [B] and blue tears in [E] my eyes.
[A] Black smoke and [E] blue tears falling down,
[A] Was the white smoke from my pistol, [E] brought the [B] gambler down.
[E] I didn't mean to kill him, [A] why did he have [E] to die?
[A] Then there'd be [E] no cold black smoke [B] or blue tears in [E] my eyes.
[F] [E] [F]
[E] [F] [N]
Key:
E
A
B
F
F#
E
A
B
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ One cold winter morning, [A] dragging a [E] ball of change,
Let me kiss my darling goodbye, [F#] then put me [B] on the train.
[E] I tried to hide my handcuffs, [A] she tried to [E] hide the tears,
[A] I tried to [E] paint a picture [B] that would last for [E] ninety years.
_ The engineer blew his whistle, [A] it made a [E] mournful sound,
The doctor hollered all [F#] aboard, I soon was [B] prison bound.
[E] Standing on the platform, [A] I watched her [E] wave goodbye,
[A] Hard to see [E] through cold black smoke [B] and blue tears [E] in her eyes. _
[A] Black smoke from the train [E] and blue tears falling down,
[A] Was the white smoke from my pistol, [E] brought the [B] gambler down.
[E] I didn't mean to kill him, [A] why did he [E] have to die?
[A] Then there'd be [E] no cold black smoke [B] or blue tears in [E] my eyes.
_ Seems like a hundred years have [A] passed since that [E] sad, sad day,
I guess by now she's forgotten [F#] me since I've been [B] away.
[E] Looking through the bars tonight, [A] the dark clouds in [E] the sky,
[A] Reminds me of [E] that cold black smoke [B] and blue tears in [E] my eyes.
[A] Black smoke and [E] blue tears falling down,
[A] Was the white smoke from my pistol, [E] brought the [B] gambler down.
[E] I didn't mean to kill him, [A] why did he have [E] to die?
[A] Then there'd be [E] no cold black smoke [B] or blue tears in [E] my eyes.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [N] _
[E] _ _ _ One cold winter morning, [A] dragging a [E] ball of change,
Let me kiss my darling goodbye, [F#] then put me [B] on the train.
[E] I tried to hide my handcuffs, [A] she tried to [E] hide the tears,
[A] I tried to [E] paint a picture [B] that would last for [E] ninety years.
_ The engineer blew his whistle, [A] it made a [E] mournful sound,
The doctor hollered all [F#] aboard, I soon was [B] prison bound.
[E] Standing on the platform, [A] I watched her [E] wave goodbye,
[A] Hard to see [E] through cold black smoke [B] and blue tears [E] in her eyes. _
[A] Black smoke from the train [E] and blue tears falling down,
[A] Was the white smoke from my pistol, [E] brought the [B] gambler down.
[E] I didn't mean to kill him, [A] why did he [E] have to die?
[A] Then there'd be [E] no cold black smoke [B] or blue tears in [E] my eyes.
_ Seems like a hundred years have [A] passed since that [E] sad, sad day,
I guess by now she's forgotten [F#] me since I've been [B] away.
[E] Looking through the bars tonight, [A] the dark clouds in [E] the sky,
[A] Reminds me of [E] that cold black smoke [B] and blue tears in [E] my eyes.
[A] Black smoke and [E] blue tears falling down,
[A] Was the white smoke from my pistol, [E] brought the [B] gambler down.
[E] I didn't mean to kill him, [A] why did he have [E] to die?
[A] Then there'd be [E] no cold black smoke [B] or blue tears in [E] my eyes.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [N] _
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