Tom: C
Dm
Am
Bb
C
Am
Dm
Am
She wears mystic lipstick, she wears stones and bones,
Bb
C
Am
she tells myth and legend, she sings rock and roll.
Dm
Am
She wears chains of bondage, she wears wings of hope,
Bb
C
Am
she wears the gown of plenty, and still it's hard to cope.
D
Bm
Em
A
Chroi O mo chroi, your heart is breaking,
D
Bm
Em
A
your eyes are red, your song is blue.
D
B7
Em
A
Your poets underneath the willow in despair,
D
Bm
Em
A
D
Bm
they have been lovers of your sad tune,
Em
A
D
Bm
A
lovers of your slow air.
G
A
D
And though they feed on what hurts you,
Em
A
D
to sing the book of your heart,
G
A
D
Oh sweeet Black Rose, how they've loved you,
Bm
Em
A
and it's hard to, but they do, Eire, they do.
Dm
Am
She keeps fools for counsel, she keeps the wig and gown.
Bb
C
Am
the cloth and the bloody warfare, the stars and stripes and crown.
Dm
Am
And still we pray for a better day now, God willing it's for the best,
Bb
C
Am
I've just seen the harp on the penny with a dollar on her naked breast.
D
Bm
Em
A
Chroi O mo chroi, your heart is breaking,
D
Bm
Em
A
your eyes are red, your song is blue.
D
B7
Em
A
Your poets underneath the willow in despair,
D
Bm
Em
A
D
Bm
they have been lovers of your sad tune,
Em
A
D
Bm
Em
A
Dm
lovers of your slow air, lovers in sweet despair.
Dm
Am
Bb
C
Am
)
D
Bm
Em
A
Chroi O mo chroi, your heart is breaking,
D
Bm
Em
A
your eyes are red, your song is blue.
D
B7
Em
A
Your poets underneath the willow in despair,
D
Bm
Em
A
D
Bm
they have been lovers of your sad tune,
Em
A
D
Bm
Em
A
D
lovers of your slow air, lovers in sweet despair.