Long John Baldry

Black Girl Chords

Traditional song as performed by the late great Long John Baldry

Capo 3

Intro  
E   A G   E   B7 E  x2

E                       A                G
Black girl, black Girl, don’t you lie to me
E             B7         E
where did you sleep last night?
E                           A                   G
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shines
      E            B7          E
and I shivered the whole night through.


E                                A                 G
Black girl, Come on Maggie girl, oh where will you go
   E               B7        E
Im going where the cold wind blows
E                             A            G
You called me to weep and you called me to moan
    E            B7       E
You called me to leave my home


E              A        G
My Daddy was a Railroad man
         E          B7        E
Killed a mile and a half from here
E                    A            G
His head, was found, In a drivers wheel
        E           B7         E
And his body hasn't never been found.

E               A     B7         E         
Ohhhh, my daddy ain’t never been found

E   A G   E   B7 E 


E                       A                G
Black girl, black Girl, don’t you lie to me
        E             B7         E
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
E                           A                   G
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shines
      E            B7          E
and I shivered the whole night through.


E                       A                G
Black girl, black Girl, don’t you lie to me
        E             B7         E
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
E                           A                   G
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shines
      E            B7          E
and I shivered the whole night through.


E                       A                G
Black girl, black Girl, don’t you lie to me
        E             B7         E
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
E                           A                   G
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shines
      E            B7          E
and I shivered the whole night through.



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