{"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":1790040,"song":"Black Is The Color","artist":"Joan Baez","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11393930-black-is-the-color-chords-by-joan-baez/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1790040?type=chord","rating":4.4581,"votes":12,"content":"Black is the color -Joan Baez\r\n\r\nJ.B plays this in Em but in some performances with the guitar\r\ntuned down one semitone. This tab is based on the version on the \r\nJoan Baez in Concert album\r\n\r\nThe occasional ornamentation on Em and Am chords is by addition of F#, \r\nas below:\r\n\r\n Em       Em+F#    Am         Am+F#    D\r\nEADGBe   EADGBe    EADGBe     EADGBe  EADGBe\r\n022000   022002    002210     002212  200232\r\n\r\nStrum a triplet on each quarter note (12/8 rhythm)\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]      \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]                                        \r\nBlack, black, black is the color of my true loves hair.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHis lips are something wond´rous fair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe purest eyes and the bravest hands.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI love the ground whereon he stands.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI love my love and well he kno- ows,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI love the ground whereon he goes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]   \r\nAnd if my love no more I'll see,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy life would quickly fade away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nBlack, black, black is the color of my true loves hair.[/tab]","plain_text":"Black is the color -Joan Baez\n\nJ.B plays this in Em but in some performances with the guitar\ntuned down one semitone. This tab is based on the version on the \nJoan Baez in Concert album\n\nThe occasional ornamentation on Em and Am chords is by addition of F#, \nas below:\n\n Em       Em+F#    Am         Am+F#    D\nEADGBe   EADGBe    EADGBe     EADGBe  EADGBe\n022000   022002    002210     002212  200232\n\nStrum a triplet on each quarter note (12/8 rhythm)\n\n\nIntro:\n\nEm","chords":["B","Em","Am","F","D"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}