Standard tuning.
Capo on 5.  All chords relative to capo.

This is a great Canadian song about a tornado that devastated Edmonton on July 31st, 1987.  
That day has come to be known as Black Friday.

This is the strumming pattern used in the first line, 
of which variations are used throughout the song.  
The same patterns for the chords are used, 
but with different chord progressions.

Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E   E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E   E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E   E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Ee|--0-----0---0---0---------------------------------------0h1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0---| (022100@1)B|--1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----1---1---1---------------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
G|--0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0---0---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
D|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0---0-----|
A|--------------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0---------------------|
E|--------------------------------------3-----3---3---3-----------------------|

This just details the pattern for F.

Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1)   E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E   E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E...-0-0-0-0h1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0--| (022100@1)...-3-3-3-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
...-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
...---0---3-----3---3---3----|
...--------------------------|
...--------------------------|





Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)    Dm (xx0231@1) Oh lord I lost you I held you tight
   Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)          AmOh (x02210@1)I will hold on to your love in the night
          C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)And the black sky will come before our eyes
   F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)     DmOh (xx0231@1)I, let's lie down in the basement tonight
FOh (133211@1)
Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)Oh lord I've found you, I held you tight
    Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)            AmOh (x02210@1)I, and the buildings are pulled into the sky
         C (x32010@1)           GAnd (320003@1)our hearts shakin in
           Dm (xx0231@1)       FThis (133211@1)summer night, oh I 
       C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)     DmLet's (xx0231@1)lie down in the basement tonight
FOh (133211@1)
Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)I let you go, I let you go, 
             DmI (xx0231@1)let you know that I hold you
Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1) Black sky comes to take you from me
             DmI (xx0231@1)let you know that I hold you 
Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)I let you go, I let you go, 
             DmI (xx0231@1)let you know that I hold you
Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)              Dm (xx0231@1) Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you

Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)Oh lord I've found you I held you tight
    Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)            AmOh (x02210@1)I and the black skies above our eyes tonight 
          C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)      FAnd (133211@1)our hearts breakin in the end tonight, oh I
       C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)    DmLet's (xx0231@1)lie down in the basement tonight
FOh (133211@1)
Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)I let you go, I let you go, 
             DmI (xx0231@1)let you know that I hold you
Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1) Black sky comes to take you from me
             DmI (xx0231@1)let you know that I hold you 
Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)I let you go, I let you go, 
             DmI (xx0231@1)let you know that I hold you
Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1) Black sky comes to take you from me
             DmI (xx0231@1)let you know that I hold you

(Single strums)
Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)Oh lord I lost you, I held you tight
   AmOh (x02210@1)I 
          C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)           AmAnd (x02210@1)the black sky will come for us tonight
          C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)    FAnd (133211@1)our heart's shakin in the empty night, oh I
       C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)     DmLet's (xx0231@1)lie down in the basement tonight 
FOh (133211@1)


Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)I let you go, I let you go, 
             DmI (xx0231@1)let you know that I hold you
Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1) Black sky comes to take you from me
             DmI (xx0231@1)let you know that I hold you 
Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)I let you go, I let you go, 
             DmI (xx0231@1)let you know that I hold you
Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)              Dm (xx0231@1) Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you

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