Chords for Niamh Parsons:Black is the colour

_ It's a little nasty.
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[Ab] It's a sad [G] version of that.
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[Eb] _ [Bb] It's amazing.
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[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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[D] _ I _ [D] _ _ _
[Eb] love the [Gm] ground _ [F] _ where all [G] she _ [F] stands.
[Gm] _ [Dm] I [Eb] love my [Bb] love [F] _ and well [D] she knows.
_ [Gm] _ [Am] I [Eb] love [Gm] the ground _ [F] _ where all [G] she goes.
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ [Am] And I [Eb] wish the _ [Bb] day [F] _ it soon [D] might go.
[A] _ _ _ When [Eb] she and _ [F] I and me [D] as [F] _ [Gm] one.
[Am] I'll go [Eb] to [Gm] the [F] clime and I'll [A] mourn [F] and _ [Gm] weep.
[Dm] Who I [Eb] _ satisfy _ [F] I never [D] shall be.
_ [Gm] _ I write [Eb] her a [Bb] letter _ _ [F] just a few [D] short [A] lines.
I've cried [D] _ _ and [Eb] suffered _ [Gm] a [F] _ _ _ _
[G] thousand [F] _ _ [Gm] times.
Black [Eb] _ [Gm] is the [F] colour of my [D] true love's hair.
_ [Gm] _ Her [Eb] lips are _ _ [Bb] like [F] some [A] roses fair.
[Am] _ _ [Gm] She's got the [Eb] sweetest smile [Gm] _ _ [F] and the [D] gentlest touch.
_ _ I [Eb] love the [Bb] ground _ [F] _ where all [D] she _ [F] _ [Gm] stands.
[Dm] Then _
[Eb] I [Bb] sat down [F] _ and I wrote [G] _ [F] this song.
[Gm] _ [Am] I [Eb] wrote it [Bb] neat.
[F] _ I wrote [G] it long.
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ [Gb] And with [Eb] every _ [Gm] line [F] _ I [D] shed a tear.
[A] _ _ [D] _ And at [Eb] last I [Gm] say [F] _ _ farewell [Gm] my [F] dear.
[Gm] _ [Dm] So [Eb] fare thee well [F] _ my [Gm] own [F] true love.
[Gm] _ [Dm] I love [Eb] you [Bb] I love _ [F] the _ [G] stars _ [F] above.
[Gm] _ [Am] If heaven [Eb] or [Bb] earth _ [F] or my [D] sea.
_ _ _ [Eb] I'll ne'er treat [Bb] you _ [F] _ like you treated [G] _ _ [F] me.
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] Black [Eb] _ [Gm] is the [F] colour of my [D] true love's [F] _ [Gm] hair.
[Dm] Her lips [Eb] are _ [Bb] like [F] _ some [G] roses [F] fair.
_ [Gm] She's got [Am] the _
[Ebm] sweetest [Gm] smile [F] _ and the gentlest [Ebm] _ _ [A] touch.
[G] _ I [Gm] love the ground _ _ [F] _ where all she _ stands.
[Gm] I [D] _
[Eb] love the _ ground _ _ [F] _
where all she _ [D] stands. _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _