Black Gold chords by Van Dyke Parks

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Am
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Daug
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E
Bm
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C#m
Fm
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Intro 1
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Em 
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F# 
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Em 
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Em 
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Verse 1
Em 
I had seen the captain drinking
I don't know what he was thinking
D#dim 
B 
When he took that stinking cargo out
G 
C 
Without a doubt, he went too far
C#dim 
C 
B 
Em 
But he will  take us out to sea
C#dim 
C 
B 
Em 

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Verse 2

Eighty- thousand metric

tons of crude

A crew of twenty- one

War pounding through the ocean

Just ajar her screws in motion

All the stars rotating in their canopy

Verse 3
A 
Am 
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Black gold,
C 
G 
Em 
rolling in  the hold
Am 
D 
G 
Back and forth, in time for every swell
C#dim 
F# 
Black    gold,
Daug 
B 
G#dim 
time would now unfold
C# 
G 
C 
F# 
The heavens fixed upon our last farewell
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G 
Em 
A 
E 
To this black gold

Verse 4
Em 
A 
Em 
Then she hit the water with a shudder
B 
Em 
It had got her and she went down
D#dim 
D 
Heard to utter was the  cap
B 
C 
tain in his cups
What's up? Says
F# 
"In my gut I know we all
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C 
G 
A 
are doomed"
Em 
A 
D#dim 
She broke up, a hemorrhage of oil gushed
B 
Em 
A rage abroil from the
D#dim 
D 
soiled foil     of her hull
C 
And she was pulled
beneath the waves
F# 
B 
Em 
B 
Em 
Into her grave down in the gloom
Am 
D 
Black gold, my

Verse 5
G 
B 
heart is still in pain
Em 
Am 
D 
G 
B 
My  mandolin will tell her how I feel
G 
F# 
Black gold, bounding on the main
Bm 
C# 
C 
An agony of ebony and steel
B 
C 
All this black gold

Interlude 1
C 
Am 
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Bb 
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B 
Em 
A 
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Em 
B 
D#dim 
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B 
D#dim 
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Em 
C#m 
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Fm 
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Em 
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Em 
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C 
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Em 
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Em 
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Em 
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Em 
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Em 
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Em 
Bm 
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Em 
I'm the way, the

Verse 6
B 
re surrection
Em 
B 
Christ, I'd say on him reflecting
Em 
D#dim 
I'm not sure He'd feel secure
G 
B 
With what we're do ing here
For sure, or want to lead us clear
A 
B 
Out of this dark

Verse 7
B 
Down the deepest trenches Man is
F# 
stewing in his stenches
B 
A 
Their cadavers hold palaver
B 
C#dim 
D 
B 
And the gravity of   their endeavors
Em 
C#dim 
F# 
B 
Cleverly con      vert them into
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Em 
E 
Em 
shark

Verse 8
Am 
D 
G 
Em 
Am 
Black gold, nature's upper hand
C 
D 
G 
With ladies in most
cities on the strand
C#dim 
F# 
B 
Black    gold, Hades' high command
Bm 
G 
G#m 
G 
Bm 
The tar upon her car and  in the sand
G 
B 
F#dim 
Daug 
F# 
C 
All this     black  gold