Black Gold Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][Edim][B][Em][F#]
[Bbdim][F#][Em][F#][Em][B][Em]
[F#][B][Em][B][Em][B]
[Em][D][G][C][B][Am][B]
[Em][B][Em]
[B]
[F#][B][Em][B][Em][F#][Em]
[D][G][C][B][Am][B][Em][B]
[Em][C][B][Em]

[Verse 1]
I had seen the [Em]captain drinking
I don't know what he was thinking
When he took that [D#dim]stinking cargo [B]out
[G]Without a [C]doubt, he went too far
But [C#dim]he will t[C]ake us o[B]ut to s[Em]ea
[C#dim][C][B][Em]

[Verse 2]
[B]Eighty- thousand metric
tons of crude
A crew of twenty- one
War pounding [C]through the ocean
Just [D]ajar her screws in motion
[C]All the [B]stars rotating in their can[Em]opy

[Verse 3]
[A]Bla[Am]ck go[D]ld[Am],[D]
[C]rol[G]ling in [Em]the hold
[Am]Back and forth, [D]in time for [G]every swell
[C#dim]Black gol[F#]d,
[Daug]time wou[B]ld now unfold[G#dim]
The [C#]heavens fixed [G]upon our last [C]farewell[F#]
To [B]this [G]black [Em]gold[A][E]

[Verse 4]
[Em]Then she hit the water [A]with a shud[Em]der
It had [B]got her [Em]and she went down
Heard to utter [D#dim]was the c[D]ap
tain [B]in his [C]cups
What's up? Says
"In my gut I [F#]know we all
[B]are doomed"[C][G][A]
[Em]She broke up, a hemorr[A]hage of oil [D#dim]gushed
A [B]rage [Em]abroil from the
soiled [D#dim]foil of her hull[D]
And she was [C]pulled
beneath the waves
Into her [F#]grave [B]down in the [Em]gloom[B][Em]
[Am]Black [D]gold, my

[Verse 5]
[G]heart is still in [B]pain
[Em]My m[Am]andolin will t[D]ell her how I fe[G]el[B]
[G]Black [F#]gold, bounding on the main
[Bm]An agony[C#] of eb[C]ony and steel
[B]All [C]this black gold

[Interlude 1]
[C][Am][C]
[Bb][C][Bb]
[B][Bm][B]
[Em][A][F#][B][Em][B][D#dim][D][B][D#dim][B]
[Em][C#m][F#][Fm][F#dim][B][Em][B][Em]
[B][Em][D#dim]
[G][C][F#dim][C#][C][B][Em]
[E][B][Em][Am][D][G][C]
[Am][D][G][B][C#dim][F#][B][F#][G#dim]
[C#][C][B][Em][E][Em][B]
[Em][Bm][Em][B][Em][Bm]
[B]
[Em]I'm the way, the

[Verse 6]
[B]re surrection
[Em]Christ, I'd say on [B]him reflecting
[Em]I'm not sure He'd feel se[D#dim]cure
With what we're [G]do ing [B]here
For sure, or want to lead us clear
Out of this [A]dark[B]

[Verse 7]
Down the deepest trenches [B]Man is
stewing in his [F#]stenches
[B]Their cada[A]vers hold palaver
And the [B]grav[C#dim]ity of th[D]eir ende[B]avors
[Em]Cleverly [C#dim]con vert [F#]them [B]into
[E]shark[Em][E][Em]

[Verse 8]
[Am]Black [D]gold, [G]nat[Em]ure's upper han[Am]d
With [C]ladies [D]in [G]most
cities on the strand
[C#dim]Black gol[F#]d, Had[B]es' high command
[Bm]The tar [G]upon h[G#m]er car and[G] in th[Bm]e sand
[G]All [B]thi[F#dim]s black g[Daug]old[F#][C]

[Outro 1]
[Bb]
[B][Bm][B][F#]