Black Betty chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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Verse 1
Look- a look- (B flat minor) a yonder (A minor)
Look- (B flat minor) a look- a yonder (G sharp minor)
(A minor) Look- a look- a yonder (B flat major)
Well the (B flat minor) sun done (A minor) gone
Verse 2
The captain can't (A minor) hold her
The (G sharp major) captain can't hold her
The cap (B flat minor) tain can't (E flat major) hold (B flat minor) her
The (B flat major) way I do now
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Verse 3
Ada got a gold mine (A minor)
Ada got a gold (G sharp major) mine
(B flat minor) Ada got a gold (B flat major) mine
Way above her (B flat minor) knees
Verse 4
The shiv is (B flat minor) golden
(G sharp major) The shiv is golden
The shiv (B flat major) is golden
Above her knees
Verse 5
Look- a look- a yonder (B flat major)
Look- a look- a yon (G sharp major) der (F sharp major)
(B flat minor) Look- a look- a yonder
Well (E flat major) the sun done gone
Verse 6
(B flat major) Wohoh, (G sharp major) Black Betty, bam- e- lam
Wohoh, (A minor) Black Betty, bam- e- lam
Black (B flat minor) Betty had a baby, bam- e- lam
Black (A minor) Betty had a baby, bam- e- lam
Damn thing was (A flat major) crazy, bam- e- lam
(A minor) Damn thing was crazy, bam- (G sharp major) e- lam
Wohoh, (A minor) Black Betty, bam- (A flat major) e- lam
(A minor) Wo (B major) hoh, Black (E major) Betty, bam- e- lam
Oh, (B major) Betty Black (A flat major) Betty, (B flat minor) bam- e- lam
(D minor) Oh, Betty Black (B flat minor) Betty, bam- e- lam
Black Betty had a (F major) baby, bam- e- lam
Black (B flat major) Betty had a (A minor) baby, (B flat major) bam- e- lam
Damn thing was (A minor) crazy, (B flat major) bam- e- lam
Damn thing was (A minor) crazy, (B flat major) bam- e- lam
Black (G flat major) Betty didn't (A flat major) mind, bam- e- lam
(D flat major) Black (D minor) Betty didn't (B flat major) mind, bam- e- lam
(A minor) Damn (D minor) thing was blind, bam- e- lam
Damn thing was blind, bam- e- lam
(G flat major) Wohoh, Black (A flat major) Betty, (B flat major) bam- e- lam
(A minor) Wohoh, Black (A flat major) Betty, (D minor) bam- e- lam
Black Betty, Black (G sharp major) Betty, (A minor) bam- e- lam
(B flat minor) Black (E flat major) Betty, Black (A minor) Betty,
(B flat major) bam- e- lam
Jump steady Black Betty, bam- e- lam
Jump (A minor) steady Black (B flat minor) Betty, bam- e- lam
That (A minor) Monday,
Verse 7
I was arrested
Tuesday, I locked (E major) up in (E flat major) jail (A minor)
Wednesday (E flat major) baby, (A minor) my tri (D minor) al's tested (A minor)
On Thursday, nobody could blow (E major) my (A minor) bail
Verse 8
Yes, I'm (E major) (A minor) (A major) al (A minor) most done (A major)
(A minor) Yes, I'm almost done
Yes, I'm (E major) (A minor) almost done
And I ain't gonna (E major) (D major) yell against no bells
Verse 9
On (D major) Monday, (A minor) baby I went a-
walking (F sharp major) (A minor)
Tuesday, I asked to go
On Wednesday I sat down a- talking
On Thursday (D minor) she hock (A minor) all a my (B flat minor) clothes
(B flat major) Yes, I'm almost
Verse 10
(E flat major) done (E major)
Yes, I'm (G flat major) almost (A minor) done
Yes, I'm almost done
And I ain't gonna
No more
Black Betty
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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