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Intro 1
(E minor)
Verse 1
You know, (G major) my brothers and I was (E minor) raised in Cincinnati,
you know, Cin (G major) cinnati, Ohio. (E minor)
An (G major) d I remember when (A minor) we were kid (E minor) s, you know,
we used to walk (G major) to the woods, (E minor) you know,
and go black (A major) berry (A minor) picking.
Swinging our baskets on our arms,
skip (A major) ping (A minor) down (E minor) the road, you know.
And Kelly used to have an expres (G major) sion
he used to say back then. (E minor)
And (B major) we made a song out of that expression.
I remember (A major) the word (A minor) s of it.
It used to go a little bit like this. (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
The black of the berry,
(G major) the sweet of the juice.
(E minor) He said these words.
(G major) The black of the (E minor) berry. (G major) (E minor)
He (G major) said the sweet of (E minor) the
juice. (E major) (E minor) (A major) (A minor)
The black of the berry. (D major) (A minor) (E minor) (G major)
Sweet (E minor) of the juice. (G major)
(E minor) You know, (B major) he digged
blackberry so much, (A minor)
and everywhere (E minor) he would (G major) go,
he would use that as his (E minor) excuse, you know,
(G major) for staying out (A minor) late (E minor) at night.
And my brother Rudolph, (G major)
he (E minor) used to like strawberries,
(G major) if I remember correctly (E minor) at the time.
(G major) And at the time,
(E minor) my thing was wild cher (G major) ries. (E minor) (E major) (E minor) (A minor)
I remember the three of us
used to steal tomatoes, (D major) (A minor)
(E minor) An (G major) d lay on the (E minor) ground and peel
all kinds (G major) of ice (E minor) potatoes (E major)
(B major) And sing the black (A minor) of the berry
Ha! (E minor) (G major)
The (E minor) sweet of the juice (G major) (E minor)
Ah! (G major) (A minor) (G major) (E minor) Yeah! (G major) (A minor)
(G major) All (E minor) right (G major) (A minor) Lord (G major) (E minor) have mercy (G major) (E minor) (A minor) (A major)
(A minor) (A major) (A minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (B major)
(A minor) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
We used to strip (G major) (E minor) down bananas
(G major) and (E minor) throw (G major) the pillings away
at (E minor) the same time in the street, (G major)
you know? (E minor) (A minor)
And when it got hot,
we drank all the lemonade
we could (D major) get (A minor)
Till (G major) we knocked ourselves
clean (E minor) off our feet
And (G major) (E minor) then we walked (B major) along
singing the Blackberry (A minor)
(A major) The (A minor) sweet (E minor) of (G major) the (E minor) Jews (G major)
(E minor) Come on, y 'all (G major) Blackberry (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
(G major) The sweet (E minor) of the juice (G major)
Let (E major) (E minor) me (A minor) sing this song
(D major) (A minor) Black (D major) berries
(A minor) The sweet (E minor) of (G major) the,
sweet of (E minor) the juice (E major) (B major)
Now how would you look
eating a green berry (C major) , (A minor) you know?
What's (E minor) the use?
Black Berries
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