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.
A5 C5 G5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e | --0-----0---0---0---------------------------------------0h1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0--- |
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.
D5 F5
E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5
...-0-0-0-0h1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-- |
...-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---- |
...-------------------------- |
...-------------------------- |
A5 C5 G5 D5
Oh lord I lost you I held you tight
A5 C5 G5 A5
Oh I will hold on to your love in the night
C5 G5 D5
And the black sky will come before our eyes
F5 C5 G5 D5
Oh I, let's lie down in the basement tonight
F5
Oh
A5 C5 G5 D5
Oh lord I've found you, I held you tight
A5 C5 G5 A5
Oh I, and the buildings are pulled into the sky
C5 G5
And our hearts shakin in
D5 F5
This summer night, oh I
C5 G5 D5
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
F5
Oh
A5 C5 G5
I let you go, I let you go,
D5
I let you know that I hold you
A5 C5 G5
Black sky comes to take you from me
D5
I let you know that I hold you
A5 C5 G5
I let you go, I let you go,
D5
I let you know that I hold you
A5 C5 G5 D5
Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you
A5 C5 G5 D5
Oh lord I've found you I held you tight
A5 C5 G5 A5
Oh I and the black skies above our eyes tonight
C5 G5 D5 F5
And our hearts breakin in the end tonight, oh I
C5 G5 D5
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
F5
Oh
A5 C5 G5
I let you go, I let you go,
D5
I let you know that I hold you
A5 C5 G5
Black sky comes to take you from me
D5
I let you know that I hold you
A5 C5 G5
I let you go, I let you go,
D5
I let you know that I hold you
A5 C5 G5
Black sky comes to take you from me
D5
I let you know that I hold you
(Single strums)
A5 C5 G5 D5
Oh lord I lost you, I held you tight
A5
Oh I
C5 G5 A5
And the black sky will come for us tonight
C5 G5 D5 F5
And our heart's shakin in the empty night, oh I
C5 G5 D5
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
F5
Oh
A5 C5 G5
I let you go, I let you go,
D5
I let you know that I hold you
A5 C5 G5
Black sky comes to take you from me
D5
I let you know that I hold you
A5 C5 G5
I let you go, I let you go,
D5
I let you know that I hold you
A5 C5 G5 D5
Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you
A5
