Artist : Current 93
Title : Oh Coal Black Smith
Verse:
Em C x4
Em C
Oh she looked out of the window
Em C
As white as any milk
Em C
But he looked in the window
Em C
As black as any silk
Em C
"Hello hello hello hello
Em C
Hello you coal black smith
Em C
Oh what is your silly song?
Em C
You shall never change my maiden name
Em C
That I have kept so long
Em C
Chorus:
Em C
I'd rather die a maid, yes"
Em C
But then she said
Em C
"And be buried in my grave, yes"
Em C
And then she said
Am
"Than I'd have such a nasty, husky, dusky, musty, fusty coal black smith,
Em C x2
Verse:
Em C
A maiden will I die"
Em C
Em C
A maiden will I die"
Em C
Em C
Then she became a duck
Em C
A duck all on the stream
Em C
And he became a water dog
Em C
Em C
And fetched her back again
Em C x2
Em C
Then she became a hare
Em C
A hare all on the plain
Em C
And he became a greyhound dog
Em C
Am
And fetched her back again
Em C
Then she became a fly
Em C
A fly all in the air
Em C
And he became a spider
Em C
Em C
And fetched her to his lair
Em C
Chorus:
Em C
I'd rather die a maid
Em C
But then she said
Em C
"And be buried in my grave
Em C
And then she said
Am
"That I'd have such a nasty, husky, dusky, musty, fusty coal black smith,
Em C x2
:|When you reach this point, repeat everything above
Verse:
Em C
A maiden will I die" x7
Em C
Em C
Oh she looked out of the window
Em C
As white as any milk
Em C
But he looked in the window
Em C
As black as any silk
Em C
"Hello hello hello hello
Em Am
Hello you coal black smith
Am
Oh what is your silly song?
Am
You shall never change my maiden name
Am Em
That I have kept so long
Em C x2
Chorus:
Em C
I'd rather die a maid
Em C
But then she said
Em C
"And be buried in my grave
Em C
And then she said
Am
"That I'd have such a nasty, husky, dusky, musty, fusty coal black smith,
Em C
A maiden will I die"
Verse:
Em C
Then she became a duck
Em C
A duck all on the stream
Em C
And he became a water dog
Em C
And fetched her back again
Em C
Then she became a hare
Em C
A hare all on the plain
Em C
And he became a greyhound dog
Am
And fetched her back once more
Em C
Then she became a fly
Em C
A fly all in the air
Em C
And he became a spider
Em C
Am
And fetched her to his lair
Am
And fetched her to his lair
[Spoken word part: "Man is a best of prey..."]
Ending (also spoken):
And she became a corpse,
A corpse all In the ground
And he became the cold grey clay
And smothered her all around
