{"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":785926,"song":"Black","artist":"Bonnie \"Prince\" Billy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11592153-black-chords-by-bonnie-prince-billy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/785926?type=chord","rating":4.74847,"votes":23,"content":"Whole song is just 3 chords, verse and chorus are the same. Bridge is slightly different. \r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack, you are my enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I cannot get close to thee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOur life is ruled by enmity[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't weaken that[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe only way that I can see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs to hold you close to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo love you for it's meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI weaken your attack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch] \r\nEverything was lucked and downy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat was good was up from under[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch] \r\nUntil black, that awful tender[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCame and popped my sense of wonder[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll at once all eyes turned at him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLeaving me an unwatched body[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it sagged, my body's rib cage[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOut from under ogler's study[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack was decomposing quickly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThis was found offensive to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis disrespect for life's proprieties[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMade me scared he would destroy me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack, you are my enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I cannot get close to thee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOur life is ruled by enmity[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't weaken that[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe only way that I can see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs to hold you close to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo love you for it's meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI weaken your attack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I thought I'd try to cut him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nTry to force him 'neath my level[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe only way to equal to him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWould be hit him with a shovel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut to really rise above him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThat would be the final evil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nSo instead I asked the sucker[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nIf he'd care to see my rooms[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd as a friend and as a comrade[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd all the things that these implied[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI made him leave what it was that he had[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nUsed to keep us unallied[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack, you are my enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd I cannot get close to thee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOur life is ruled by enmity[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't weaken that[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe only way that I can see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs to hold you close to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo love you for it's meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI weaken your attack [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nNow black and I we are together[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]  \r\nFairly just inseparable[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nAnd in the terriblest of weather[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nOur bonds are incorruptible[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack, you are my enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd I cannot get close to thee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOur life is ruled by enmity[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't weaken that[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe only way that I can see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs to hold you close to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo love you for it's meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI weaken your attack [/tab]","plain_text":"Whole song is just 3 chords, verse and chorus are the same. Bridge is slightly different. \n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","D","Bm","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}