Black Ribbons chords by Gretchen Peters

Chords with lyrics

Gretchen Peters - Black Ribbons


INTRO: A minorAm


I built this house with my bare hands
    D MajorD
On the shores of Louisian
             G+G
Took my sweet cher Jolie-Ann
    A minorAm
For my own, my very own

Now every man has got his pride
      D MajorD
I tried to shelter and provide
               G+G
But I can't stop this poison tide
    A minorAm
Rolling in, rolling in


CHORUS:
     D MajorD        A minorAm
Now I've nothing left to give her
         D MajorD
No answer to her prayers
           A minorAm
Black ribbons on the water
   D MajorD        A minorAm
Black ribbons for her hair


Then came the wind, then came the rain
   D MajorD
We defied that hurricane
             G+G
And we built this house again
     A minorAm
Stone by stone, stone by stone


But in the gulf of Mexico
     D MajorD
Some five thousand feet below
             G+G
Oh, the devil's blood it flows
    A minorAm
On and on, on and on

CHORUS:
   D MajorD        A minorAm
I've nothing left to give her
         D MajorD
No answer to her prayers
           A minorAm
Black ribbons on the water
   D MajorD        A minorAm
Black ribbons for her hair


INSTRUMENTAL: A minorAm  D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD G+G A minorAm


Oh, how her eyes they used to shine
    D MajorD
Fairest in Evangeline
              G+G
Now they stare so cold and blind
      A minorAm
Through my soul, oh lord, my soul


CHORUS:
    D MajorD       A minorAm
She was tangled in the salt-grass
           D MajorD
Not a bullet left to spare
           A minorAm
Black ribbons on the water
   D MajorD        A minorAm
Black ribbons for her hair
   D MajorD       A minorAm
Black ribbons on the water
   D MajorD        A minorAm
Black ribbons for her hair


OUTRO: A minorAm  D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD G+G A minorAm (3x)