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Key: G minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I had seen the captain drinking

I don't know what he was thinking
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When he took that stinking cargo out
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Without a doubt, he went too far
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But he will take us out to sea
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Verse 2

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Eighty- thousand metric

tons of crude

A crew of twenty- one
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War pounding through the ocean
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Just ajar her screws in motion
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All the stars rotating in their canopy
Verse 3
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Black gold,
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rolling in the hold
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Back and forth, in time for every swell
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Black gold,
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G#dim
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time would now unfold
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The heavens fixed upon our last farewell
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To this black gold
Verse 4
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Then she hit the water with a shudder
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It had got her and she went down
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Heard to utter was the cap
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tain in his cups

What's up? Says
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"In my gut I know we all
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are doomed"
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She broke up, a hemorrhage of oil gushed
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A rage abroil from the
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soiled foil of her hull
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And she was pulled

beneath the waves
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Into her grave down in the gloom
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Black gold, my
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heart is still in pain
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My mandolin will tell her how I feel
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Black gold, bounding on the main
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An agony of ebony and steel
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All this black gold
Interlude 1
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Em
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D#dim
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C#m
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F#dim
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I'm the way, the
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re surrection
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Christ, I'd say on him reflecting
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I'm not sure He'd feel secure
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With what we're do ing here

For sure, or want to lead us clear
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Out of this dark
Verse 7
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Down the deepest trenches Man is
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stewing in his stenches
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Their cadavers hold palaver
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And the gravity of their endeavors
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Cleverly con vert them into
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shark
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Black gold, nature's upper hand
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With ladies in most

cities on the strand
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Black gold, Hades' high command
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G#m
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The tar upon her car and in the sand
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All this black gold
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • Edim

  • B

    2

  • F#

    2

  • Bbdim

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • Am

  • D#dim

  • C#dim

    4

  • A

  • Daug

  • G#dim

    6

  • C#

    4

  • E

  • Bm

    2

  • Bb

  • C#m

    4

  • Fm

  • F#dim

    4

  • G#m

    4

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Black Gold by Van Dyke Parks is G minor.

The primary chords used in Black Gold are Gm, Gdim, D, A, Dbdim, F.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Gm, Gdim, D, A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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