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β« Intro:
(Harmonica and guitar)
E* A* E* x2
E A E x3
β« Verse 1:
E A E
Well I sure take it with me wherever I go
E A E
And you might like to see it but it never does show
E A E
Like a wind in the valley that never does blow
E A E
Like the grass in the back you never did mow
β« Chorus:
E A E
It's a black sky formin' on the ridge
E A E
It's a woman waitin' standin' on the bridge
E A E
It's the price that you pay for walkin' on the ledge
E*
It's everything you do and nothin' that you did
β« Instrumental:
(Harmonica and guitar)
E A E x4
β« Verse 2:
E A E
Well you might see me drivin' in the wrong side of town
E A E
And you might see me shinin' when the rain's comin' down
E A E
Like a diamond that's hidin' in the lost and found
E A E
Like a coon that's runnin' from a red bone hound
β« Chorus:
E A E
It's a black sky formin' on the ridge
E A E
It's a woman waitin' standin' on the bridge
E A E
It's the price that you pay for walkin' on the ledge
E*
It's everything you do and nothin' that you did
β« Instrumental:
(Harmonica and guitar)
E A E x8
β« Verse 3:
E A E
Well the wood keeps burnin' in the old wood stove
E A E
And the cows keep goin' where they done been drove
E A E
And a light keeps glowin' in a dead man's cove
E A E
And a loom keeps spinnin' where the weave gets a wove
β« Chorus:
E A E
It's a black sky formin' on the ridge
E A E
It's a woman waitin' standin' on the bridge
E A E
It's the price that you pay for walkin' on the ledge
E*
It's everything you do and nothin' that you did
β« Outro:
E A E
E A E*
Song History
Published: December 18, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025