Oh Coal Black Smith chords by Current-93

Chords with lyrics

Artist : Current 93
Title : Oh Coal Black Smith

Verse:

E minorEm  C majorC x4

E minorEm            C majorC
Oh she looked out of the window
E minorEm        C majorC
As white as any milk
E minorEm          C majorC
But he looked in the window
E minorEm       C majorC
As black as any silk
E minorEm        C majorC
"Hello hello hello hello
E minorEm         C majorC
Hello you coal black smith
E minorEm          C majorC
Oh what is your silly song?
E minorEm            C majorC
You shall never change my maiden name
E minorEm          C majorC
That I have kept so long

E minorEm C majorC

Chorus:

E minorEm         C majorC
I'd rather die a maid, yes"
E minorEm       C majorC
But then she said
E minorEm          C majorC
"And be buried in my grave, yes"
E minorEm       C majorC
And then she said
A minorAm
"Than I'd have such a nasty, husky, dusky, musty, fusty coal black smith,

E minorEm C majorC x2

Verse:

E minorEm       C majorC
A augmentedA maiden will I die"

E minorEm C majorC

E minorEm       C majorC
A augmentedA maiden will I die"

E minorEm C majorC

E minorEm         C majorC
Then she became a duck
E minorEm         C majorC
A augmentedA duck all on the stream
E minorEm          C majorC
And he became a water dog

E minorEm C majorC

E minorEm          C majorC
And fetched her back again

E minorEm C majorC x2

E minorEm         C majorC
Then she became a hare
E minorEm         C majorC
A augmentedA hare all on the plain
E minorEm         C majorC
And he became a greyhound dog

E minorEm C majorC

A minorAm
And fetched her back again
E minorEm         C majorC
Then she became a fly
E minorEm        C majorC
A augmentedA fly all in the air
E minorEm        C majorC
And he became a spider

E minorEm C majorC

            E minorEm  C majorC
And fetched her to his lair

E minorEm C majorC

Chorus:

E minorEm         C majorC
I'd rather die a maid
E minorEm       C majorC
But then she said
E minorEm          C majorC
"And be buried in my grave
E minorEm       C majorC
And then she said
A minorAm
"That I'd have such a nasty, husky, dusky, musty, fusty coal black smith,

E minorEm C majorC x2

:|When you reach this point, repeat everything above

Verse:

E minorEm       C majorC
A augmentedA maiden will I die"  x7

E minorEm C majorC

E minorEm            C majorC
Oh she looked out of the window
E minorEm        C majorC
As white as any milk
E minorEm          C majorC
But he looked in the window
E minorEm       C majorC
As black as any silk
E minorEm        C majorC
"Hello hello hello hello
E minorEm         A minorAm
Hello you coal black smith
A minorAm
Oh what is your silly song?
A minorAm
You shall never change my maiden name
A minorAm          E minorEm
That I have kept so long

E minorEm C majorC x2

Chorus:

E minorEm         C majorC
I'd rather die a maid
E minorEm       C majorC
But then she said
E minorEm          C majorC
"And be buried in my grave
E minorEm       C majorC
And then she said
A minorAm
"That I'd have such a nasty, husky, dusky, musty, fusty coal black smith,
E minorEm       C majorC
A augmentedA maiden will I die"


Verse:

E minorEm         C majorC
Then she became a duck
E minorEm         C majorC
A augmentedA duck all on the stream
E minorEm          C majorC
And he became a water dog
E minorEm          C majorC
And fetched her back again
E minorEm         C majorC
Then she became a hare
E minorEm         C majorC
A augmentedA hare all on the plain
E minorEm         C majorC
And he became a greyhound dog
A minorAm
And fetched her back once more
E minorEm         C majorC
Then she became a fly
E minorEm        C majorC
A augmentedA fly all in the air
E minorEm        C majorC
And he became a spider

E minorEm C majorC
            A minorAm
And fetched her to his lair
A minorAm
And fetched her to his lair

[Spoken word part: "Man is a best of prey..."]

Ending (also spoken):

And she became a corpse,
A augmentedA corpse all In the ground
And he became the cold grey clay
And smothered her all around