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.