{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1760583,"song":"Black Ribbons","artist":"Gretchen Peters","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11382016-black-ribbons-chords-by-gretchen-peters/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1760583?type=chord","rating":4.74225,"votes":3,"content":"Gretchen Peters - Black Ribbons\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nI built this house with my bare hands\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               \r\nOn the shores of Louisian[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTook my sweet cher Jolie-Ann[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor my own, my very own[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNow every man has got his pride\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]              \r\nI tried to shelter and provide[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I can't stop this poison tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRolling in, rolling in[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow I've nothing left to give her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo answer to her prayers[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBlack ribbons on the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBlack ribbons for her hair[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThen came the wind, then came the rain\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              \r\nWe defied that hurricane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we built this house again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStone by stone, stone by stone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBut in the gulf of Mexico\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]              \r\nSome five thousand feet below[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the devil's blood it flows[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn and on, on and on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've nothing left to give her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo answer to her prayers[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBlack ribbons on the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBlack ribbons for her hair[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOh, how her eyes they used to shine\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              \r\nFairest in Evangeline[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow they stare so cold and blind[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThrough my soul, oh lord, my soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe was tangled in the salt-grass[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNot a bullet left to spare[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBlack ribbons on the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBlack ribbons for her hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBlack ribbons on the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBlack ribbons for her hair[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOUTRO: [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  (3x)","plain_text":"Gretchen Peters - Black Ribbons\n\n\n\nINTRO: Am\n\n\nI built this house with my bare hands\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow every man has got his pride\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThen came the wind, then came the rain\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut in the gulf of Mexico\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: Am    D  Am  D  G  Am\n\n\n\nOh, how her eyes they used to shine\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO: Am    D  Am  D  G  Am  (3x)","chords":["Am","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}