Black Velvet Alannah Myles
This Version can also be played unbarred, but then it sounds horrible, so try out
the bar chords before you discard them. The advantage of the bar chords is you can
use an awesome dead beat strum with them that you can't with the normal chords,
I'll leave both here.
Barred Chords Regular Chords
Dm-557765 Dm-000231
A-577655 A-002220
G-355433 G-320033
F-133211 F-003211(still use barred F if possible)
C-335553 C-032010
Gm-355333 Gm-355333*(these last three are the same)
D#-668886 D#-668886*
A#-688766 A#-688766*
Verse 1
[Dm]Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell;
[Dm]Jimmy Rodgers on the victola up high.
[Dm]Mama's dancin' baby on her shoulders,
[Dm]The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky.
[A]The boy could soon know how to m[G]ove everything;
[F]Always wanting more,[C] he'd leave you longing for.
*Chorus*
[Gm]Black Velvet in that li[C]ttle boy's smile.
[Gm]Black velvet in with that s[Eb]low s[Bb]outhern style.
[Gm]A new religon that'll br[C]ing you to your knees,
[Bb]Black ve[A]lvet, if you pl[Dm]ease.
Verse 2
[Dm]Up in Memphis the music's like a heat wave,
[Dm]White lightening, bound to drive you wild.
[Dm]Mama's baby's in the heart of every school girl,
[Dm]Love me tender leaves 'em cryin' in the aisles.
[A]The way he moved it was a [G]sin so sweet and true,
[F]Always wanting more,[C] he'd leave you longing for.
*Chorus*
Break
[Gm]Every word of every s[A]ong that he sang was for [Dm]you.
[Gm]In a flash he was g[Eb]one, it happened so s[Bb]oon.
[A]What could you d[Dm-]ooooooooooo-?
*Chorus* repeat
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