{"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":890936,"song":"Black Day In July","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11606753-black-day-in-july-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/890936?type=chord","rating":4.77937,"votes":55,"content":"Gordon Lightfoot\r\n\r\n[ch]Em+5[/ch]   022010\r\n[ch]Em6[/ch]    022020\r\n\r\n                         BLACK DAY IN JULY\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July, motor city madness has touched the countryside[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd through the smoke and cinders, you can hear it far and wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe doors are quickly bolted and the children locked inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July, and the soul of Motor City is bared across the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs the book of law and order is taken in the hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOf the sons of the fathers who were carried to this land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July, in the streets of Motor City there is a deadly silent[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nsound[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the body of a dead youth, lies stretched upon the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUpon the filthy pavement no reason can be found[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July, Motor City madness has touched the countryside[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the people rise in anger and the streets begin to fill[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd there's gunfire from the rooftops and the blood begins to spill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInterlude #1:\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nIn the mansion of the governor[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em6[/ch]            [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing that is known for sure[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nThe telephone is ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em6[/ch]           [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nAnd the pendulum is swinging[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nAnd they wonder how it happened[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em6[/ch]            [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nAnd they really know the reason[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nAnd it wasn't just the temperature[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em6[/ch]           [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nAnd it wasn't just the season[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July, Motor City's burning and the flames are running wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey reflect upon the waters of the river and the lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd everyone is listening and everyone's awake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July, the printing press is turning and the news is quickly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nflashed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd you read your morning paper and you sip your cup of tea[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd you wonder just in passing is it him or is it me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInterlude #2:\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nIn the office of the President[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em6[/ch]             [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nThe deed is done the troops are sent[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nThere's really not much choice you see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em6[/ch]            [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nIt looks to us like anarchy[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nAnd then the tanks go rolling in[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em6[/ch]                [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nTo patch things up as best they can[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nThere is no time to hesitate[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em6[/ch]              [ch]Em+5[/ch]\r\nThe speech is made the dues can wait[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July, the streets of Motor City now are quiet and serene[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut the shapes of gutted buildings strike terror to the heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd you say how did it happen and you say how did it start[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhy can't we all be brothers, why can't we live in peace[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut the hands of the have-nots keep falling out of reach[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July, black day in July.[/tab]","plain_text":"Gordon Lightfoot\n\nEm+5   022010\nEm6    022020\n\n                         BLACK DAY IN JULY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude #1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude #2:","chords":["Em+5","Em6","Em","D","G","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}