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The Blacker The Berrie chords by 
The Isley Brothers 
N/A•
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
B
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
G
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,
G
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,
Em
the black, the black
G
The black,
Em
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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