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