Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Black (Guitar)
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Chords
Whole song is just 3 chords, verse and chorus are the same. Bridge is slightly different.
[Chorus]
Em D Black, you are my enemy Bm Em And I cannot get close to thee D Our life is ruled by enmity Bm Em And I can't weaken that Em D The only way that I can see Bm Em Is to hold you close to me D To love you for it's meant to be Bm Em I weaken your attack
[Verse]
Em D Everything was lucked and downy Bm Em What was good was up from under Em D Until black, that awful tender Bm Em Came and popped my sense of wonder Em D All at once all eyes turned at him Bm Em Leaving me an unwatched body Em D And it sagged, my body's rib cage Bm Em Out from under ogler's study Em D Black was decomposing quickly Bm Em This was found offensive to me Em D His disrespect for life's proprieties Bm Em Made me scared he would destroy me
[Chorus]
Em D Black, you are my enemy Bm Em And I cannot get close to thee D Our life is ruled by enmity Bm Em And I can't weaken that Em D The only way that I can see Bm Em Is to hold you close to me D To love you for it's meant to be Bm Em I weaken your attack
[Verse]
Em D So I thought I'd try to cut him Bm Em Try to force him 'neath my level Em D The only way to equal to him Bm Em Would be hit him with a shovel Em D But to really rise above him Bm Em That would be the final evil Em D So instead I asked the sucker Bm Em If he'd care to see my rooms Em D And as a friend and as a comrade Bm Em And all the things that these implied Em D I made him leave what it was that he had Bm Em Used to keep us unallied
[Chorus]
Em D Black, you are my enemy Bm Em And I cannot get close to thee D Our life is ruled by enmity Bm Em And I can't weaken that Em D The only way that I can see Bm Em Is to hold you close to me D To love you for it's meant to be Bm Em I weaken your attack
[Bridge]
Em Bm Bm Now black and I we are together Em Bm Bm Fairly just inseparable Em Bm Bm And in the terriblest of weather F#m F#m F#m F#m Our bonds are incorruptible
[Chorus]
Em D Black, you are my enemy Bm Em And I cannot get close to thee D Our life is ruled by enmity Bm Em And I can't weaken that Em D The only way that I can see Bm Em Is to hold you close to me D To love you for it's meant to be Bm Em I weaken your attack