Chords for black is the color, Hamish Imlach singing

_ [Ab] Well, black is the color [Eb] _ _
[G] of my true [Cm] love's hair
_ _ _ Her lips [F] are [Fm] like _ [F] some [Bb] rose [G] so fair
_ [G] She has the [Cm] sweetest face, _ [Bb] she has the _ _ [G] gentlest hand
_ _ And I love [Ab] the ground [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] whereon she stands
_ _ _ I love [Ab] my [F] love, _ [G] and well [Cm] she knows
_ _ _ I [Fm] love the ground _ _ [Bb] _ _ whereon [G] she goes
_ And how [Cm] I wish _ [Bb] that day would [G] _
come
_ When she [Ab] and I [F] _ _ [G] should be [Cm] as one _
_ _ Well, I go [Ab] to the [Bb] clime _ [G] and I'm [Cm] all in we
_ _ For _ [F] a sadder strife _ I _ never [G] can be
_ Well, I write her a [Cm] letter, _ _ [Gm] just a few [G] short lines
_ And I suffer [Ab] _
[F] death _ [G] a [Cm] thousand times
_ _ _ Yes, black is [Ab] the color _
[Eb] _ [G] of my true [Cm] love's hair
_ _ _ Her [Fm] lips are like _ [Bb] some rose _ [G] so fair
_ She has the [Cm] sweetest face, _ she has [Bb] the _ gentlest [G] hand
_ And I love the [Ab] ground [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
whereon she [Cm] stands _ _ _ _ _