Black Mountain Blues chords by Dave Van Ronk

Chords with lyrics

Standard Tuning, Capo on 5
It's a pretty standard blues progression, E7/A/B7
You can get a similar sound to his initial picking pattern fooling around with the high
E MajorE string and a second fret on the BB string
For the interlude, base the (E7/D#7/D7) transition around a D7D7 chord, and then go back
to the normal E7E7

Intro:E7
E7E7              A augmentedA              E7E7
Well on black mountain, where a child'll spit in your face
A augmentedA                           E7E7
I say on black mountain, where a child'll spit in your face
B7B7            A augmentedA             E7E7
all the babies cry for whisky, all the birds sing bass

E7E7                 A augmentedA         E7E7
Well on black mountain, there as mean as they can be
   A augmentedA                       E7E7
I say on black mountain, well as mean as they can be
      B7B7          A augmentedA            E7E7
Well you know they use gunpowder, just to sweeten their tea

Interlude: (E7/D#7/D7)/E7/A/E7/(E7/D#7/D7)/E7/B7/A/E7/A/E7

E7E7                A augmentedA           E7E7
Well on black mountain, well you can't keep a man in jail
A augmentedA                            E7E7
I say on black mountain, well you can't keep a man in jail
    B7B7               A augmentedA         E7E7
Well if the jury finds him guilty, the judge'll go that bail

E7E7                    A augmentedA         E7E7
I had a gal on black mountain, well the sweetest gal in town
A augmentedA                           E7E7
I had a gal on black mountain, well the sweetest gal in town
B7B7               A augmentedA        E7E7
Well met a sweet backed man, and she threw me down

Interlude:(E7/D#7/D7)/E7/A/E7/(E7/D#7/D7)/E7/B7/A/E7/A/E7

E7E7                    A augmentedA       E7E7
I'm going back to black mountain, me my razor and my gun
A augmentedA                           E7E7
I'm going back to black mountain, me my razor and my gun
B7B7                 A augmentedA         E7E7
I'm gonna cut her if she stands, shoot her if she runs