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Gretchen Peters

Black Ribbons

by Gretchen Peters
Gretchen Peters

Biography:

Gretchen Peters (born November 14, 1957 in Bronxville, New York) is an American singer-songwriter in the folk/country genre. An accomplished song-writer, she won the Country Music Association Song Of The Year award in 1994 for "Independence Day", a hit at the time for Martina McBride. She was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014.

Though born in New York, Peter's was raised in Boulder, Colorado, and then moved to Nashville in the late 1980s.

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Gretchen Peters - Black Ribbons



INTRO: Am


I built this house with my bare hands
D
On the shores of Louisian
G
Took my sweet cher Jolie-Ann
Am
For my own, my very own



Now every man has got his pride
D
I tried to shelter and provide
G
But I can't stop this poison tide
Am
Rolling in, rolling in


CHORUS:
D Am
Now I've nothing left to give her
D
No answer to her prayers
Am
Black ribbons on the water
D Am
Black ribbons for her hair



Then came the wind, then came the rain
D
We defied that hurricane
G
And we built this house again
Am
Stone by stone, stone by stone



But in the gulf of Mexico
D
Some five thousand feet below
G
Oh, the devil's blood it flows
Am
On and on, on and on


CHORUS:
D Am
I've nothing left to give her
D
No answer to her prayers
Am
Black ribbons on the water
D Am
Black ribbons for her hair


INSTRUMENTAL: Am D Am D G Am



Oh, how her eyes they used to shine
D
Fairest in Evangeline
G
Now they stare so cold and blind
Am
Through my soul, oh lord, my soul


CHORUS:
D Am
She was tangled in the salt-grass
D
Not a bullet left to spare
Am
Black ribbons on the water
D Am
Black ribbons for her hair
D Am
Black ribbons on the water
D Am
Black ribbons for her hair


OUTRO: Am D Am D G Am (3x)




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