• Song:

    Black Rose

  • Artist:

    Waylon Jennings

  • Album:

    Honky Tonk Heroes

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***************** BLACK ROSE *****************

written by Billy Joe Shaver

performed by Waylon Jennings.


Capo on the 3rd fret.

Verse 1:
         E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)Way down in Virginia
          E (022100@1)                          B (x2444x@1)Amongst the tall grown sugar canes
          E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)Lived asimple (x02210@1)man and adomineering (x02210@1)hen
               B (x2444x@1)                 E (022100@1)And arose (x02210@1)of adifferent (x02210@1)name


Verse 2:
          E (022100@1)                  A (x02220@1)The first time i fell lightly
           E (022100@1)                            B (x2444x@1)I was standing in the drizzling rain
          E (022100@1)                        A (x02220@1)With atrembling (x02210@1)hand and abottle (x02210@1)of gin (3132xx@1)              B (x2444x@1)                 E (022100@1)And arose (x02210@1)of adifferent (x02210@1)name


Chorus:
          E (022100@1)                        A (x02220@1)The devil made me do it the first time
            E (022100@1)                          B (x2444x@1)The second time i done it on my own
          E (022100@1)                   A (x02220@1)Lord put ahandle (x02210@1)on asimple (x02210@1)handed man
             B (x2444x@1)                            E (022100@1)And help me leave that black rose alone


Verse 3:
         E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)When the devil made that woman
         E (022100@1)                         B (x2444x@1)Lord she threw the pattern away
         E (022100@1)                              A (x02220@1)She was built for speed with the tools you need
            B (x2444x@1)                   E (022100@1)To make anew (x02210@1)fool every day


Verse 4:
         E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)Way down deep and dirty
            E (022100@1)                 B (x2444x@1)On the darker side of shame
	    E (022100@1)                          A (x02220@1)I caught acane (x02210@1)cuttin' man with abottle (x02210@1)of gin (3132xx@1)         B (x2444x@1)                       E (022100@1)With arose (x02210@1)of adifferent (x02210@1)name


Chorus(x2).


Thanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr

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