Chords for Ribbon Of Darkness , Marty Robbins , 1965

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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
Ribbon of darkness [Bb] over _ me, since my true love walked [Eb] out the door. _ _ _
Tears I never [Ab] had before, _ [Eb] _
ribbon of darkness over me.
[Eb] _ _
Clouds are gathering [Bb] over my _ head, lit till the day and [Eb] hide the sun. _
That shroud the night when [Ab] day is _ _ [Eb] done, ribbon of [Bb] darkness over me.
_ [Fm] _
[Bb] Rain is falling [Eb] on the meadow, _ _ [Fm]
where [Bb] once my love and [Eb] I did lie.
_ [Fm]
Now [Bb] she is gone [Eb] from the meadow, _ _ [Fm] _
my _ _ love, _ [Bb]
goodbye.
_ _ [Eb] _ Ribbon of darkness over [Bb] me, _ where once the world was young [Eb] this spring.
_ _ Where flowers did bloom [Eb] and [Ab] birds would sing, _ [Eb] _ [Bb] ribbon of darkness [Eb] over me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] In this cold [Eb] room lying, _ _ [Fm] don't [Bb] want to see no [Eb] one but you.
_ _ [Fm] Lord [Bb] I wish I [Eb] could be dying _ _ [Fm] to _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] forget you.
_ [Eb]
How I wish your [Bb] heart could see, _ how mine just aches and breaks [Eb] all day. _ _
Come on back and [Ab] take away, _ [Eb]
ribbon [Bb] of darkness [Eb] over me.
_ Come on back and [Ab] take _ away, [Eb]
ribbon [Bb] of darkness [Eb] over me. _ _ _
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