Black
Bonnie Prince BillyVersion1
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Black, you are my enemy
And I cannot get close to thee
Our life is ruled by enmity
And I can't weaken that
The only way that I can see
Is to hold you close to me
To love you for it's meant to be
I weaken your attack
Everything was lucked and downy
What was good was up from under
Until black, that awful tender
Came and popped my sense of wonder
All at once all eyes turned at him
Leaving me an unwatched body
And it sagged, my body's rib cage
Out from under ogler's study
Black was decomposing quickly
This was found offensive to me
His disrespect for life's proprieties
Made me scared he would destroy me
Black, you are my enemy
And I cannot get close to thee
Our life is ruled by enmity
And I can't weaken that
The only way that I can see
Is to hold you close to me
To love you for it's meant to be
I weaken your attack
So I thought I'd try to cut him
Try to force him 'neath my level
The only way to equal to him
Would be hit him with a shovel
But to really rise above him
That would be the final evil
So instead I asked the sucker
If he'd care to see my rooms
And as a friend and as a comrade
And all the things that these implied
I made him leave what it was that he had
Used to keep us unallied
Black, you are my enemy
And I cannot get close to thee
Our life is ruled by enmity
And I can't weaken that
The only way that I can see
Is to hold you close to me
To love you for it's meant to be
I weaken your attack
Now black and I we are together
Fairly just inseparable
And in the terriblest of weather
Our bonds are incorruptible
Black, you are my enemy
And I cannot get close to thee
Our life is ruled by enmity
And I can't weaken that
The only way that I can see
Is to hold you close to me
To love you for it's meant to be
I weaken your attack
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Readable chord sheet for Black by Bonnie Prince Billy
[Em]Black, you are my [Bm]enemy And [D/F#]I cannot get [Em]close to thee Our life is ruled by [Bm]enmity And [D/F#]I can't weaken [Em]that [Em]The only way that [Bm]I can see [D/F#]Is to hold you [Em]close to me To love you for it's [Bm]meant to be I [D/F#]weaken your [Em]attack Everything was lucked and downy What was good was up from under Until black, that awful tender Came and popped my sense of wonder All at once all eyes turned at him Leaving me an unwatched body And it sagged, my body's rib cage Out from under ogler's study Black was decomposing quickly This was found offensive to me His disrespect for life's proprieties Made me scared he would destroy me [Em]Black, you are my [Bm]enemy And [D/F#]I cannot get [Em]close to thee Our life is ruled by [Bm]enmity And [D/F#]I can't weaken [Em]that [Em]The only way that [Bm]I can see [D/F#]Is to hold you [Em]close to me To love you for it's [Bm]meant to be I [D/F#]weaken your [Em]attack So I thought I'd try to cut him Try to force him 'neath my level The only way to equal to him Would be hit him with a shovel But to really rise above him That would be the final evil So instead I asked the sucker If he'd care to see my rooms And as a friend and as a comrade And all the things that these implied I made him leave what it was that he had Used to keep us unallied [Em]Black, you are my [Bm]enemy And [D/F#]I cannot get [Em]close to thee Our life is ruled by [Bm]enmity And [D/F#]I can't weaken [Em]that [Em]The only way that [Bm]I can see [D/F#]Is to hold you [Em]close to me To love you for it's [Bm]meant to be I [D/F#]weaken your att[Em]ack [Em]Now black and I [Bm]we are together [Em]Fairly just [Bm]inseparable [Em]And in the terrib[Bm]lest of weather Our [D]bonds are incorruptible [Em]Black, you are my [Bm]enemy And [D/F#]I cannot get [Em]close to thee Our life is ruled by [Bm]enmity And [D/F#]I can't weaken [Em]that [Em]The only way that [Bm]I can see [D/F#]Is to hold you [Em]close to me To love you for it's [Bm]meant to be I [D/F#]weaken your att[Em]ack