SONG: WRONG BLACK MARE ARTIST: BROWN BIRD TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected] WRONG BLACK MARE BROWN BIRD INTRO: BASS GUITAR: (Tune guitar to DROP D TUNING to play this) E --------- B --------- G --------- D --------- A --------- D -5-5-0-3- Then guitar plays (STANDARD TUNING) or (DROP D TUNING): E ---------------------|----------------------| B ---------------------|----------------------| G -------3--3----------|---------3--3---------| D -----3------5p3-5-5--|-----3h5------5p3-5-5-| A -3h5-----------------|-3h5------------------| E ---------------------|----------------------| VERSE: Gm Mama’s little baby won’t hush down She’s spookin’ all the hens and the old milk cow Eb Cm Rest your head in the cradle now Gm Gm Ain’t no one gonna hear a sound VERSE: Gm Daddy laid it all on the wrong black mare Hopped the next train to god knows where F But God don’t go where your daddy’s gone Gm Gm Where the cowards and the fools belong VERSE: Gm Mama waited up on the porch all night Waited up ‘til the morning light Eb Cm She fed those hens and she milked that cow Gm Gm Then she got behind the old man’s plow BREAK: Gm And late last night a bad man came Gm Screamin’ curses at your daddy’s name Eb Cm You woke screamin’ to a frightening sound Gm And your mama laying on the ground Eb Cm A bad man running down the back door stairs Gm Gm Blame it all on the wrong black mare VERSE: Gm Mama’s little baby won’t hush down She’s spookin’ all the hens and the old milk cow Eb Cm Rest your head in the cradle now Gm Ain’t no one gonna hear a sound
