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Black is the Colour

by Traditional / Christy Moore · posted by slonick-susanin

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
Black is the Colour
Traditional
Midi: 
http://www.lecairde.de/Midi/Black%20Is%20The%20Colour%20Of%20%20My%20True%20Love's%20Hair.mid

5      5 (3)'' 4
Black is the colour 

(3) 4 (4)   (3)   (3)''
of my true love's hair.

5    5    5   (6)
Her lips are like 

6 (6)(7)6   5
some roses fair

5    5    5    (6)
She has the sweetest smile 

6   (6) (7) (6)   6 5
and the gentlest hands

5   5 (3)'' 4
And I love the ground 

(3) 4   (4) (3) (3)''
whereon she stands.
 
Or you can play higher, without bends:

(6) (6) (4) (5)
5 (5) 6 5 (4)
(6) (6) (6) (8)
7 (8) 8 7 (6)
(6) (6) (6) (8)
7 (8) 8 (8) 7 (6)
(6) (6) (4) (5)
5 (5) 6 5 (4)


I love my love and well she knows
I love the ground whereon she goes
I wish the day it soon would come
When she and I could be as one
 
I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep
For satisfied I ne'er can be
I write her a letter just a few short lines
And suffer death a thousand times
 
Black is the colour of my true love's hair.
Her lips are like some roses fair
She had the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands
And I love the ground whereon she stands.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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