Intro :  
B C# D#m 
 
  B      C#                   D#m 
Black is the colour of my true loves hair 
  B         C#              D#m 
His lipes are like some roses fair 
  B       C#                 D#m 
He has the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands 
  G#m        A#m           D#m 
And I love the ground whereon he stands 
  B       C#               D#m 
I love my love and well he knows 
  B        C#         D#m 
I love the ground whereon he goes 
  B         C#          D#m 
I wish that day would soon come 
  G#m        A#m          D#m 
When he and I can be as one 
 
Solo : B C# D#m 
 
  B         C#              D#m 
I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep 
  B         C#        D#m 
For satisfied I never sleep 
  B              C#        D#m 
I write him letters just a few short lines 
  B      C#                D#m 
And suffer death ten thousand times 
 
  B           C#          D#m 
Black is the colour of my true loves hair 
  B            C#          D#m 
His lips are like some roses fair 
  B             C#          D#m 
He has the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands 
  G#m          A#m           D#m 
And I love the ground whereon he stands 
  G#m           A#m             D#m 
I love the ground whereon he stands 
  G#m          A#m              D#m 
I love I love I love the ground whereon he stands 
 
B C#