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I like to introuduce this song by playing an E chord and muting this right away, do this 
4 times and it should sound good.
Eway down in VirAginia
Eamongst the tallB  
growed sugar cane
Elived a simple man, a Abottle of Gin and that rose Bof a different nEame
Repeat same chord pattern
hey the first time I felt lightin
I was standin in a drizzlin rain
with a tremblin hand, a bottle of gin and that rose of a different name
Chorus:
Ethe devil made me do it the fiArst time
Ethe second time I dun it on my Bown
EHey lord put a handle on a sAimple headed man Help me leEave that Black Rose
Balone
Here is the main instrumental, it sounds a lot better if you have another person 
a guitar playing E A B E over and over in rhythm
e|-0-0-0----------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-1-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-|
B|-------3-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-3-3-3-1-0----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------2-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Same chord pattern
when the devil made that woman
hey he threw the pattern away
cause she were built for speed with the tools ya need to make a new fool every day
hey way down deep and dirty
on the darkest side of shame
you will find this chain cuttin man doin it again whith that rose of a different name
Repeat chorus twice until end and between choruses you may want to do the instrumental 
an octave higher or the same as before.

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Black Rose

by Billy Joe Shaver

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I like to introuduce this song by playing an E chord and muting this right away, do this

4 times and it should sound good.

E A

way down in Virginia

E B

amongst the tall

growed sugar cane

E A B E

lived a simple man, a bottle of Gin and that rose of a different name

Repeat same chord pattern

hey the first time I felt lightin

I was standin in a drizzlin rain

with a tremblin hand, a bottle of gin and that rose of a different name

Chorus:

E A

the devil made me do it the first time

E B

the second time I dun it on my own

E A E

Hey lord put a handle on a simple headed man Help me leave that Black Rose

alone

Here is the main instrumental, it sounds a lot better if you have another person

a guitar playing E A B E over and over in rhythm

e|-0-0-0----------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-1-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-|

B|-------3-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-3-3-3-1-0----------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------2-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Same chord pattern

when the devil made that woman

hey he threw the pattern away

cause she were built for speed with the tools ya need to make a new fool every day

hey way down deep and dirty

on the darkest side of shame

you will find this chain cuttin man doin it again whith that rose of a different name

Repeat chorus twice until end and between choruses you may want to do the instrumental

an octave higher or the same as before.

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