Lucinda Williams – Black Tears (Guitar)

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As recorded by Lucinda Williams (From the 2026 Album WORLD'S GONE WRONG) [Intro] E [Verse 1]
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There is darkness in the Delta

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Up and down the Mississippi

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Darkness in the Delta

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Up and down the Mississippi

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Darkness in the swamp

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And darkness in the city
[Verse 2]
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The dream is deferred

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And the churches are burning

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The dream is deferred

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And the churches are burning

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When voices are not heard

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What the hell are we learning?
[Chorus]
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Black tears filled with blues

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Black tears in the street

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Black tears filled with blues

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Black tears in the street

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We gotta keep looking for that

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Mercy seat
[Interlude] E [Verse 3]
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400 years is long enough

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How long will they rain down?

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400 years is long enough

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How long will they rain down?

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You know it's a sad, sad, sad sound

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When those tears hit the ground
[Guitar Solo] E A E B E [Verse 4]
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There's blood in the river

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There's blood in the heat

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There's blood in the river

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There's blood in the heat

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There is blood all around

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Blood all around my feet
[Chorus]
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Black tears filled with blues

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Black tears in the street

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Black tears filled with blues

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Black tears in the street

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We gotta keep looking for that

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Mercy seat

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We gotta keep looking for that

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Mercy seat
[Interlude] E [Outro]
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We gotta keep looking

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For that mercy seat

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We gotta keep looking

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For that mercy seat

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For that mercy seat

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That mercy seat
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