{"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":897565,"song":"Black Day In July","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/897565-black-day-in-july-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/897565?type=chord","rating":4.77553,"votes":33,"content":"Black Day In July:Gordon LightFoot.\r\nTop of the charts in 1968.\r\n\r\n             (Capo 2nd fret.)\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMotor City madness has touched the countryside.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    \r\nAnd through the smoke and cinders, you can hear it [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfar and wide.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe doors are quickly bolted and the children [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nlocked inside...Black day in July..[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd 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#3.\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the streets of Motor City is a deadly, silent sound.[/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#4.\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMotor 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]\r\nAnd there's gunfire from the rooftops and the blood begins [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nto spill..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the mansion of the Governor, there's nothing that is [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nknown for sure.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe telephone is ringing and the pendulum is swinging.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they wonder how it happened and they really know the reason.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it wasn't just the temperature and 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#5.\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMotor 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#6.\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe printing press is turning and the news is quickly flashed.[/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\nCHORUS:#2.\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the office of the President, the deed is done, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe troops are sent.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's really not much choice, you see, it looks to us [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike anarchy.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd then the tanks go rolling in, to patch things up [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nas best they can.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere is no time to hesitate, the speech is made, the dues [/tab]\r\n\r\ncan wait..\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July..[/tab]\r\n\r\n#7.\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe streets of Motor City now are quiet and serene.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the shapes of gutted buildings strike terror to [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthe 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#8.\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMotor City madness has touched the countryside.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    \r\nAnd through the smoke and cinders, you can hear it [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfar and wide.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe doors are quickly bolted and the children [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nlocked inside...Black day in July..[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack day in July..(Fade.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Black Day In July:Gordon LightFoot.\nTop of the charts in 1968.\n\n             (Capo 2nd fret.)\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#5.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#6.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:#2.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncan wait..\n\n\n#7.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#8.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["Em","D","G","C","A"],"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]}}}