Biography:
Cara Dillon (born 21 July 1975 in Dungiven, County Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish folk singer. In 2001, she launched her career as a solo artist in the UK with the eponymous Cara Dillon album. Prior to this, Dillon had been a member of the folk groups Óige and Equation. She and Sam Lakeman (whom she married in 2002) left Equation and signed to Blanco y Negro records going under the name 'Polar Star' (though there do not appear to be any recordings).
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Cara Dillon - Black Is The Colour
[INTRO]
Am
[VERSE 1]
F G Am
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
F G Am
Her lips are like a rose so fair
F G Am
She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands
F G Am
I love the ground whereon she stands
[VERSE 2]
F G Am
I love my love and well she knows
F G Am
I love the ground whereon she goes
F G Am
And how I wish the day would come
F G F
When she and I can be as one
[VERSE 3]
G Am G Am
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
F G Am
Her lips are like a rose so fair
F G Am
She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands
F G D
I love the ground whereon she stands
[INTERLUDE]
Am
Oooh, whereon she stands
F D
Oooh, whereon she stands
F Dm
Oooh, whereon she stands
Am F
Oooh, whereon she stands
Dm Am
Oooh, whereon she stands
[VERSE 4]
F G Am
I go to the Clyde and mourn and weep
F G Am
Satisfied I never will sleep
F G Am
I'll write her a letter, just a few short lines
F G Am
And suffer death, ten thousand times
[VERSE 5]
F G Am
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
F G Am
Her lips are like a rose so fair
F G Am
She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands
F G F
I love the ground whereon she stands
[OUTRO]
G F G F
I love the ground whereon she stands
G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F
[INTRO]
Am
[VERSE 1]
F G Am
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
F G Am
Her lips are like a rose so fair
F G Am
She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands
F G Am
I love the ground whereon she stands
[VERSE 2]
F G Am
I love my love and well she knows
F G Am
I love the ground whereon she goes
F G Am
And how I wish the day would come
F G F
When she and I can be as one
[VERSE 3]
G Am G Am
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
F G Am
Her lips are like a rose so fair
F G Am
She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands
F G D
I love the ground whereon she stands
[INTERLUDE]
Am
Oooh, whereon she stands
F D
Oooh, whereon she stands
F Dm
Oooh, whereon she stands
Am F
Oooh, whereon she stands
Dm Am
Oooh, whereon she stands
[VERSE 4]
F G Am
I go to the Clyde and mourn and weep
F G Am
Satisfied I never will sleep
F G Am
I'll write her a letter, just a few short lines
F G Am
And suffer death, ten thousand times
[VERSE 5]
F G Am
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
F G Am
Her lips are like a rose so fair
F G Am
She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands
F G F
I love the ground whereon she stands
[OUTRO]
G F G F
I love the ground whereon she stands
G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F
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