Black Sheep
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
(1967 single release)
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A D A
Black sheep lays around drinkin' wine all day
D A
Readin' poetry and layin' in the grass
D A D A
Ask him for a drink, he'll give you a glass
D A
White sheep drinks one glass of beer a year
D A
Ask him for a shot, he says it's all he's got
D A
Not countin' the cellar, can't help nobody
[Chorus]
A C
Black sheep, black sheep
F D
Have you any wool?
A
Heh-heh-heh, three bags full
A
For his friends, and he ain't got an enemy in the world
[Verse 2]
A D A
Black sheep, he's got an old ragged coat of black
D A
Tell him you're cold, he'll take it off his back
D A
White sheep's got thirty coats or more
D A
Saved up from the last year and the year before
D A
Well, he's savin' them up for a rainy day
D A
And it rained yesterday, ain't got none left
[Chorus]
A C
Black sheep, black sheep
F D
Have you any wool?
A
Yes, three bags full
[Verse 3]
A D A
White sheep he died a wealthy man
A
Had five gold watches
D A
Six gold rings on his hands
A
Had a million-dollar funeral
D A D A
But it's a shame, nobody came
A
Layin' up there alone, dead
[Verse 4]
A D A
Black sheep left the world in a rough pine box
D A
Everybody came 'round, laughing, telling jokes
D A
The old women cried 'cause the bad man he'd been
A
But when they passed the casket
D A D A
And everyone looked in, seemed like he grinned
A
Like he knowed somethin'
[Chorus]
A C
Black sheep, black sheep
F D
Have you any wool?
A
Heh-heh-heh-heh, three bags full
[Outro]
A
Just layin' up there dead
A
And still grinnin'
A
Like he was holdin' out on everybody
A
Like he knew all along where it was at
How to play Black Sheep
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