Black Is The Colour Of My True Loves Hair chords by Traditional

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Capo at 1st Fret


Am           F        G                      Am
Black is the colour       of my true love's hair.
             F         G      E7
Her lips are like some roses fair.
                   F             G         E7
She's the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands.
           F         G              Am
I love the ground     where on she stands.


Am         F        G          Am
I love my love   -   well she knows.
           F             G      E7
I love the ground where on she goes.
           F      G           E7
I wish the day it soon would come
             F    G               Am
When she and I       could be as one.

Am          F         G                 Am
I go to the Clyde       and mourn and weep
     F      G         E7
Satisfied I never can be.
               F              G         E7
I write her a letter, just a few short lines
           F      G              Am
And suffer death      a thousand times.


    Am           F        G                      Am
For Black is the colour       of my true love's hair.
             F         G     E7
Her lips are like some roses fair.
                   F             G        E7
She's the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands.
           F        G               Am
I love the ground     where on she stands.