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Cara Dillon - Black Is The Colour
[INTRO] 
Am
[VERSE 1]
Black is the Fcolour of my Gtrue love's Amhair
Her lips are Flike a Grose so Amfair
She's got the sweetest Fface and the Ggentlest Amhands
I love the Fground whereGon she Amstands
[VERSE 2]
I love my Flove and Gwell she Amknows
I love the Fground whereGon she Amgoes
And how I Fwish the Gday would Amcome
When she and FI can Gbe as Fone
[VERSE 3]
GBlack is the Amcolour of my Gtrue love's Amhair
Her lips are Flike a Grose so Amfair
She's got the sweetest Fface and the Ggentlest Amhands
I love the Fground whereGon she Dstands
[INTERLUDE]
Oooh, whereon she Amstands
FOooh, whereon she Dstands
FOooh, whereon she Dmstands
AmOooh, whereon she Fstands
DmOooh, whereon she Amstands
[VERSE 4]
I go to the FClyde and Gmourn and Amweep
SatisFfied I Gnever will Amsleep
I'll write her a Fletter, just a Gfew short Amlines
And suffer Fdeath, ten Gthousand Amtimes
[VERSE 5]
Black is the Fcolour of my Gtrue love's Amhair
Her lips are Flike a Grose so Amfair
She's got the sweetest Fface and the Ggentlest Amhands
I love the Fground whereGon she Fstands
[OUTRO]
I Glove the Fground whereGon she Fstands
G  F    G  F    G  F    G  F    G  F    G  F    G  F    G  F

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Black Is The Colour

by Cara Dillon

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Cara Dillon - Black Is The Colour

[INTRO]

[VERSE 1]

F G Am

Black is the colour of my true love's hair

F G Am

Her lips are like a rose so fair

F G Am

She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands

F G Am

I love the ground whereon she stands

[VERSE 2]

F G Am

I love my love and well she knows

F G Am

I love the ground whereon she goes

F G Am

And how I wish the day would come

F G F

When she and I can be as one

[VERSE 3]

G Am G Am

Black is the colour of my true love's hair

F G Am

Her lips are like a rose so fair

F G Am

She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands

F G D

I love the ground whereon she stands

[INTERLUDE]

Oooh, whereon she stands

F D

Oooh, whereon she stands

F Dm

Oooh, whereon she stands

Am F

Oooh, whereon she stands

Dm Am

Oooh, whereon she stands

[VERSE 4]

F G Am

I go to the Clyde and mourn and weep

F G Am

Satisfied I never will sleep

F G Am

I'll write her a letter, just a few short lines

F G Am

And suffer death, ten thousand times

[VERSE 5]

F G Am

Black is the colour of my true love's hair

F G Am

Her lips are like a rose so fair

F G Am

She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands

F G F

I love the ground whereon she stands

[OUTRO]

G F G F

I love the ground whereon she stands

G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F

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