Marty Robbins – Ribbon Of Darkness (Guitar)

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Album - Marty Robbins All Time Greatest Hits - #25 on BB Hot Country on COLUMBIA Records in 1972. (#1 Country hit single in 1965.) (Written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot.) INTRO: E A B A E A E B E #1.
E                       B
Ribbon of darkness over me..since my true love 

               E
walked out the door.

                    A     E         B             E
Tears I never had before..ribbon of darkness over me.
#2.
E                            B
Clouds are gathering over my head..that kill the 

                 E
day and hide the sun.

     A          E                 A     E
That shroud the night when day is done..ribbon of 

B             E
darkness over me.
BRIDGE:
F#m     B              E       F#m           B
Rain is falling on the meadow..where once my love 

          E
and I did lie.

F#m         B             E       F#m          B
Now, she is gone from the meadow..my love, goodbye.
#3.
E                       B   F#m            B
Ribbon of darkness over me, where once the world was 

         E
young as spring.

E                                       A     E
Where flowers did bloom and birds would sing..ribbon 

   B             E
of darkness over me.
INTERLUDE: A B A E A E B E BRIDGE:
F#m     B         E      F#m
In this cold room lying..don't want to see no one but 

E
you.

F#m     G#m7            E      F#m       B
Lord, I wish I could be dying..to forget you.
#4.
E                           B
How I wish your heart could see, how mine just takes 

               E
and breaks all day.

A       E              A    E         B             E
Come on back and take away..ribbon of darkness over me.
OUTRO:
A       E              A    E         B             E
Come on back and take away..ribbon of darkness over me.
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