Black Is The Colour original guitar chords by
Christy Moore 
Key: Bb minor•
Verse 1
Bbsus2
Ab
Bbsus2
Bbm
of my true love's hair
Gb
Ab
F7
Her lips are like some roses fair
Ab
F7
And the gentlest hands
Ab
Bbsus2
Bbm
Whereon she stands
Verse 2
Gb
Ab
I love my love
Bbsus2
Bbm
and well she knows,
Gb
Ab
F7
I love the ground whereon she goes,
Gb
Ab
F7
I wish the day, it soon would come,
Gb
Ab
When she and I
Bbsus2
Bbm
could be as one
Verse 3
Gb
Ab
I go to the Clyde
Bbsus2
Bbm
I mourn and weep,
Gb
Ab
F7
Satisfied I never can be,
Gb
Ab
F7
Then I write her a letter, just a few short lines,
Gb
Ab
And suffer death,
Bbsus2
Bbm
a thousand times
Verse 4
Ab
Bbsus2
Bbm
of my true love's hair
Gb
Ab
F7
Her lips are like some roses fair
Ab
F7
And the gentlest hands
Ab
Bbsus2
Whereon she stands
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBbsus2 Gb Ab Bbm F7
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