Dm - Am - Bb - C - Am (2x)

Dm (xx0231@1)                                      - Am1. (x02210@1)   She wears mystic lipstick,          she wears stones and bones,
Bb (x1333x@1)                                          C (x32010@1)                        Am (x02210@1)   she tells myth and legend, she sings rock and roll.
Dm (xx0231@1)                                              - Am (x02210@1)   She wears chains of bondage,           she wears wings of hope,
Bb (x1333x@1)                                                       C (x32010@1)                  Am (x02210@1)   she wears the gown of plenty, and still it's hard to cope.

D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)                     Em (022000@1)AChroi (x02220@1)O mo chroi, your heart is breaking,
          D (xx0232@1)        Bm (x24432@1)                     Em (022000@1)  - Ayour (x02220@1)eyes are red, your song is blue.
           D (xx0232@1)    B7 (x21202@1)                  Em (022000@1)              AYour (x02220@1)poets underneath the willow in despair,
   D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)Em (022000@1)          A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)   - Bmthey (x24432@1)have been lovers of your sad tune,
Em (022000@1)         A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)  - Bm- (x24432@1)Alovers (x02220@1)of your slow air.

G (320003@1)                             A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)   And though they feed on what hurts you,
Em (022000@1)                 A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)   to sing the book of your heart,
G (320003@1)                              A (x02220@1)                        D (xx0232@1)   Oh sweeet Black Rose, how they've loved you,
                Bm (x24432@1)              Em (022000@1)                A (x02220@1)  and it's hard to,  but they do, Eire, they do.

Dm (xx0231@1)                                            - Am2. (x02210@1)     She keeps fools for counsel,         she keeps the wig and gown.
Bb (x1333x@1)                                                            C (x32010@1)                      
      Am (x02210@1)   the cloth and the bloody warfare, the stars and stripes and crown.
Dm (xx0231@1)                                                         - Am (x02210@1)   And still we pray for a better day now,          God willing it's for the best,
    Bb (x1333x@1)                                                                C (x32010@1)              
             Am (x02210@1)   I've just seen the harp on the penny with a dollar on her naked breast.

D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)                     Em (022000@1)AChroi (x02220@1)O mo chroi, your heart is breaking,
          D (xx0232@1)        Bm (x24432@1)                     Em (022000@1)  - Ayour (x02220@1)eyes are red, your song is blue.
           D (xx0232@1)    B7 (x21202@1)                  Em (022000@1)              AYour (x02220@1)poets underneath the willow in despair,
   D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)Em (022000@1)          A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)   - Bmthey (x24432@1)have been lovers of your sad tune,
Em (022000@1)         A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)- Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)           A (x02220@1)       Dmlovers (xx0231@1)of your slow air,          lovers in sweet despair.

+ Dm - Am - Bb - C - Am (2x)

D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)                      EmA
Chroi O mo chroi, your heart is breaking,
          D (xx0232@1)        Bm (x24432@1)                     Em (022000@1)  - Ayour (x02220@1)eyes are red, your song is blue.
           D (xx0232@1)    B7 (x21202@1)                  Em (022000@1)              AYour (x02220@1)poets underneath the willow in despair,
   D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)Em (022000@1)          A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)   - Bmthey (x24432@1)have been lovers of your sad tune,
Em (022000@1)         A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)- Bm (x24432@1)Em (022000@1)             A (x02220@1)         Dlovers (xx0232@1)of your slow air,           lovers in sweet despair.