one of my favorite songs to play by...

the Builders and the Butchers

"BLACK DRESSES"

ALittle (x02220@1)sister, there's blood on the tracks,
DAnd (xx0232@1)a lit cigarette but you're not comin' back,
C (x32010@1)                         E (022100@1)                    ATo (x02220@1)a town that was built on black gold and iron ore.

AAnd (x02220@1)the kettle got hot, and it boiled and it steamed,
DAnd (xx0232@1)you can't run away from the worst of your dreams,
C (x32010@1)                               E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)They'll string you up when you're tryin' to fall fast asleep.

AShe (x02220@1)wore black dresses [black dresses]
DAnd (xx0232@1)she never cried in the morning.
CShe's (x32010@1)got a bottle in paper
E (022100@1)                   ASo (x02220@1)she can forget her name.
AShe (x02220@1)wore black dresses [black dresses]
DAnd (xx0232@1)she never smiled in the morning.
CShe's (x32010@1)got a bottle in paper
E (022100@1)                   ASo (x02220@1)she can forget her name.

AWell (x02220@1)her home town was built by a few greedy men,
DAnd (xx0232@1)people tell me she was descended from them.
C (x32010@1)                                E (022100@1)                  AShe's (x02220@1)been playin' in the darkness ever since she was a kid.

AAnd (x02220@1)she doesn't mourn for her man's come and gone,
DShe's (xx0232@1)worn the color of black all along,
C (x32010@1)                     E (022100@1)                              AAnd (x02220@1)she was born with a stone where there shoulda been a heart.

AShe (x02220@1)wore black dresses [black dresses]
DAnd (xx0232@1)she never cried in the morning.
CShe's (x32010@1)got a bottle in paper
E (022100@1)                   ASo (x02220@1)she can forget her name.
AShe (x02220@1)wore black dresses [black dresses]
DAnd (xx0232@1)she never smiled in the morning.
CShe's (x32010@1)got a bottle in paper
E (022100@1)                   A (x02220@1)So she can forget her name.

D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)                   E (022100@1)         ADid (x02220@1)you ever meet a girl who was born the victim of a name?
D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)                  E (022100@1)         AI (x02220@1)know, 'cuz I'm a boy who was born the victim of a name.
D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)                   E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)Did you ever meet a girl who was born the victim of a name?
D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)                  E (022100@1)         DI (xx0232@1)know, 'cuz I'm a boy who was born the victim of a name.

ALittle (x02220@1)sister, there's blood on the tracks,
DAnd (xx0232@1)a lit cigarette but you're not comin' back,
C (x32010@1)                         E (022100@1)                   ATo (x02220@1)a town that was built on black gold and iron ore.

AShe (x02220@1)wore black dresses
DAnd (xx0232@1)she never cried in the morning.
CShe's (x32010@1)got a bottle in paper
E (022100@1)                   ASo (x02220@1)she can forget her name.
AShe (x02220@1)wore black dresses
DAnd (xx0232@1)she never smiled in the morning.
CShe's (x32010@1)got a bottle in paper
E (022100@1)                   A (x02220@1)So she can forget her name.

CShe's (x32010@1)got a bottle in paper
E (022100@1)                   ASo (x02220@1)she can forget her name.
C (x32010@1)She's got a bottle in paper
E (022100@1)                   ASo (x02220@1)she can forget her name...







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