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Black Girl Bass

by The Four Pennies
566 views, added to favorites 3 times
Capo: no capo
Author gbeatle [a] 6,206. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
Black Girl
The Four Pennies
Traditional song; released as a single with "You Went Away" as the B-side
 
3/4 time
 
Intro:
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A|--------------------|--------------------|8------10-----8-----|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
 
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E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
 
G|------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|
A|8------10-----8-----|7-------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|
                                     Black
 
Verse:
G|------ ------ ------|------ ------ 6-----|7----- ------ ----7-|
D|7-------------7-----|7------9------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  girl,         black  girl,         tell   me            no
 
 
G|------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------|
D|--------------------|7-----------------7-|--------------6-----|
A|8-----------------8-|--------------------|7------9------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  lies,          Where did           you    sleep         last
 
 
G|------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------|
D|7-----------------7-|--------------6-----|7-------------7-----|
A|--------------------|7------9------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  night?                             In the pines,        in the
 
 
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D|7------9------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|8-----------------8-|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  pines,        where  Sun           never  shines,           She
                    the
 
G|------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------|
D|7-----------------7-|--------------6-----|7-----------------7-|
A|--------------------|7------9------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  shivered         the whole         night  through.
 
 
G|------ ------ ------|
D|--------------6-----|
A|7------9------------|
E|--------------------|
                    Her
 
Verse:
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D|7-------------------|7------9------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  hus     -     band   was               a  rail    -     road-
 
 
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A|8-------------------|--------------------|7------9------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  man,                 Killed at        the dri     -     ving
 
 
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D|7-----------------7-|--------------6-----|7-------------7-----|
A|--------------------|7------9------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  wheel.                                She found         his
 
 
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D|7------9------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|8-----------------8-|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  bo- dy        all    crushed       and    torn
 
 
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A|--------------------|7------9------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  Un  -  der       the twis    -     ted    steel.
 
 
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D|--------------6-----|
A|7------9------------|
E|--------------------|
                    It
 
Verse:
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D|7-------------7-----|7------9------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  caused        her to weep,             it caused        her to
 
 
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A|8-----------------8-|--------------------|7------9------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  moan,             It caused her        to lose          her
 
 
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E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  mind,                              When   thought       of
                                         she
 
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E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  how           she    lost          her    man,              So
 
 
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E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  brave,        so     gen  - tle    and    kind.
 
 
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D|--------------6---6-|
A|7------9------------|
E|--------------------|
 
 
Verse (solo):
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E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
 
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A|7-------------------|--------------------|8-------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
 
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A|--------------------|7------9------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
 
G|------ ------ ------|
D|--------------6---6-|
A|7------9------------|
E|--------------------|
                Now she
 
Verse:
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D|7-----------------7-|7------9------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  wan  - ders       a- lone             be- neath         the
 
 
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D|--------------------|7-----------------7-|--------------6-----|
A|8-----------------8-|--------------------|7------9------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  trees,        And    hap -  py         to mourn         her
                    she's
 
G|------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------|
D|7-----------------7-|--------------6-----|7-------------7---7-|
A|--------------------|7------9------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  man.                               And the cold         wind
 
 
G|------ ------ 6-----|7----- ------ 7-----|------ ------ ------|
D|7------9------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|8-------------8-----|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  comes         to     chill         her    bones,        and the
 
 
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D|7-------------7-----|--------------6-----|7-----------------7-|
A|--------------------|7------9------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  sea    mist   hangs  o  -   ver    her    head.
 
 
G|------ ------ ------|
D|--------------6-----|
A|7------9------------|
E|--------------------|
                Black
 
Verse:
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D|7------7------7-----|7------7------7-----|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  girl,         black  girl,         where  will          you
 
 
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D|--------------------|7-----------------7-|--------------6-----|
A|8------8------8-----|--------------------|7------9------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  go?              She goes   where     the cold          winds
 
 
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A|--------------------|7------9------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  blow.                              In the pines,        in the
 
 
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D|7------7------7-----|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|8------8------8-----|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  pines,        where  Sun           never  shines,           She
                    the
 
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A|--------------------|7------9------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  shivered         the whole         night  through.
 
 
G|------ ------ ------|
D|--------------6-----|
A|7------9------------|
E|--------------------|
                Black
 
Verse:
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A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  girl,         black  girl,         where  will          you
 
 
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E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  go?              She goes   where     the cold          winds
 
 
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E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  blow.                              In the pines,        in the
 
 
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  pines,        where  Sun           never  shines,           She
                    the
 
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D|7-----------------------------------|--------------6-----|
A|------------------------------------|7------9------------|
E|------------------------------------|--------------------|
  shivered                         the whole         night
 
 
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A|--------------------|8------8------8-----|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  through.
 
 
G|------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------|
D|7-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|0-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 
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