Cher – Dark Lady (Guitar)

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Words & Music: John Durrill [Verse 1]
    Cm
The fortune queen of New Orleans

    C                       Fm          G
Was brushing her cat in her black limou-sine

Cm
On the back seat were scratches

         C                Fm              Eb  G
From the marks of men her fortune she had won

Cm
Couldn't see through the tinted glass

    C                  Fm         G
She said, "Home James" he hit the gas

  Cm
I followed her to some darkened room

    C                         Fm               Eb   G
She took my money, she said, "I'll be with you soon"
[Chorus]
Cm
Dark lady laughed and danced

            G              G7
And lit the candles one by one

G
Danced to her gypsy music

         Fm       Cm   G7
Till her brew was done

Cm
Dark lady played black magic

         G                   G7
Till the clock struck on the twelve

G
She told me more about me

       Fm   Cm     G7
Than I knew myself
[Verse 2]
Cm
She dealt two cards, a queen and a three

                 C
And mumbled some words

          Fm            G
That were so strange to me

Cm
Then she turned up a two-eyed jack

   C                    Fm
My eyes saw red but the card

             Eb   G
Still stayed black

Cm
She said the man you love is secretly true

    C                  Fm            G
To someone else who is very close to you

Cm
My advice is that you leave this place

      C             Fm                     Eb   G
Never come back and forget you ever saw my face
[Chorus]
Cm
Dark lady laughed and danced

            G              G7
And lit the candles one by one

G
Danced to her gypsy music

         Fm       Cm   G7
Till her brew was done

Cm
Dark lady played black magic

         G                   G7
Till the clock struck on the twelve

G
She told me more about me

       Fm   Cm     G7
Than I knew myself
[Chorus] (Key change)
C#m
Dark lady laughed and danced

            G#              G#7
And lit the candles one by one

G#
Danced to her gypsy music

         F#m       C#m   G#7
Till her brew was done

C#m
Dark lady played black magic

         G#                   G#7
Till the clock struck on the twelve

G#
She told me more about me

       F#m   C#m     G#7
Than I knew myself
[Verse 3]
C#m
So I ran home and crawled in my bed

  C#                        F#m                 G#
I couldn't sleep because of all the things she said

C#m
Then I remembered her strange perfume

        C#                    F#m     E   G#
And how I smelled it once in my own room

C#m
So I sneaked back and caught her with my man

C#                              F#m                G#
Laughing and kissing till they saw the gun in my hand

C#m
The next thing I knew they were dead on the floor

     C#                      F#m         E    G#
Dark lady would never turn a card up anymore
[Chorus]
C#m
Dark lady laughed and danced

            G#              G#7
And lit the candles one by one

G#
Danced to her gypsy music

         F#m       C#m   G#7
Till her brew was done

C#m
Dark lady played black magic

         G#                   G#7
Till the clock struck on the twelve

G#
She told me more about me

       F#m   C#m   G#7
Than I knew mysel