The Blacker The Berrie

The Blacker The Berrie easy guitar chords by The Isley Brothers

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  • Em

  • G

  • Am

  • A

  • D

  • B

    2
  • E

  • Em

  • G

  • Am

  • A

  • D

  • B

    2
  • E

  • Intro 1
    Em

    Verse 1
    G

    You know my brothers and
    Em

    I was raised in Cincinnati
    G
    Em

    You know, Cincinnati, Ohio
    G
    Am
    G
    Em

    And I remember when we were kids,

    you know
    G

    We used to walk to the woods,
    Em

    you know
    A
    Am

    And go blackberry picking
    D
    Am

    Swinging our baskets on our arms
    A
    Am
    G
    Em
    G

    Skipping down the road, you know
    Em
    G

    And Jelly used to have an expres
    Em

    sion he used to say back then
    B

    And we made a song out of that expression
    A
    Am

    I remember the words of it
    Em
    G
    Em

    It used to go a little bit like this

    The blacker the berry,
    G
    Em

    the sweeter the juice
    G

    He said these words
    Verse 2
    Em
    G
    Em

    The blacker the berry
    G
    Em
    Am

    He said the sweeter the juice
    D
    Am
    Em

    The blacker the berry
    G
    Em

    Sweeter the juice
    G
    Em
    Verse 3

    B
    Em

    You know he digged
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    Am

    blackberries so much
    Em
    G

    And everywhere he would go he would
    Em

    use that as his excuse, you know
    G
    Em

    For staying out late at night

    And my brother Rudolph,
    G
    Em
    G

    he used to like strawberries
    Em

    If I remember correctly, at the time
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    Em

    And at the time my thing
    G
    Em
    Am

    was wild cherries

    I remember the three of us used
    D
    Am
    Em

    to steal tomatoes
    G
    Em

    And lay on the ground and peel
    G

    all kinds of ice potatoes
    Em
    B

    And sing
    Am
    The blacker the berry,
    Verse 4
    Em
    G

    ha
    Em
    G
    Em

    The sweeter the juice
    G
    Em
    G
    Am
    Em
    G

    Oh yeah, alright
    Em

    Lord have mercy
    Interlude 1
    G
    Em
    Am
    A
    Am

    G
    Em
    G
    Em
    B

    Am
    Em

    Verse 5
    G

    Yeah, yeah,
    Em
    G
    Em

    we used to strip down bananas
    G
    Em
    G
    Em

    And throw the peelings away at the same time in the street,
    G
    Em
    Am

    you know

    And when it got hot we'd drink all the
    D
    Am

    lemonade we could get
    G

    'Til we knocked ourselves
    Em
    G

    clean off our feet
    Em
    B

    And then we'd walk along,
    Am
    A

    singing the blacker the berry
    Am
    G
    Em
    G
    Em

    The sweeter the juice
    G

    Come on, y'all
    Verse 6
    Em

    Blackberries,
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    Em
    G
    Em
    G
    Em

    the sweeter the juice
    Am
    D
    Am

    Help me sing this song
    Em

    Blackberries, the sweeter,
    G
    Em

    the sweeter the juice
    B
    Verse 7

    Am

    Now how would you look eating a green berry,
    Em

    you know
    G
    Em

    Ah, what's the use?
    G
    Em

    Swing your basket on your arm
    G

    And sing, and sing, and sing,
    Em
    G
    Em

    and sing this song

    Blacker the berry,
    G
    Em
    Am

    all at the same time
    Verse 8
    Am
    D
    Am
    Em

    The blacker the berry, yeah yeah
    G
    Em
    G
    Em

    The sweeter the juice
    B
    Em
    B
    Am
    D
    A
    Am
    Em

    I like blackberries and everywhere I go,
    G
    Em
    G
    Em

    that's my excuse
    G
    Em
    G

    I can still hear him singing this song
    Em

    If you listen hard enough
    G

    you'll hear it
    Em
    G
    Em

    Listen at it, sweeter the juice
    Am
    Black
    Verse 9

    are the berries

    That's the way he sung it
    D

    You know he sung it like that
    A
    Am
    Em
    G
    Em

    Black are the berries
    B

    I like blackberries,
    A
    Am
    A
    G

    that's my excuse
    Em

    Sing the song, Jelly
    G

    Black, the black,
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    the black, the black
    G

    The black,
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    G
    Em

    the black are the berries
    G
    Em
    G
    E

    Sweeter the juice
    Em
    A
    Am

    Sing it one more time
    D
    Am
    D
    A

    Black are the berries,
    G
    Em
    G
    Em

    sweeter the juice
    B
    Em
    B
    A
    Am

    I like blackberries, I like blackberries,
    A
    G
    Em

    that's my excuse
    G
    Em
    G

    Sing, sing, sing, sing the song
    Em

    Black are the berries,
    G
    Em
    G
    Em
    G
    Em
    A
    Am

    sweeter the juice

    Black are the berries,
    A
    Am
    Em
    G
    Em

    sweeter the juice
    B
    A
    Am
    A
    Am

    I like blackberries, and I like blackberries,
    A
    Em
    G
    Em

    that's my excuse
    G
    Em
    G
    G
    Em

    And we would walk along and sing,
    G
    Em
    Em
    G

    sing, sing the song
    Em

    Keep on singing,
    E
    Em
    G
    G

    Lord have mercy
    Em
    A
    A

    Keep on singing, black are the berries,
    Am
    A
    Am
    Em
    Em
    G
    Em
    D

    sweeter the juice
    B
    Am
    D
    A

    I like blackberries, I like blackberries,
    Em
    G
    Em

    that's my excuse
    G
    G
    Em
    G
    Em
    G

    Yeah, yeah,
    Em
    G
    Em

    black are the berries
    Outro 1
    G
    Em
    A
    Am
    A


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