Ribbon Of Darkness:Marty Robbins.
Album - Marty Robbins All Time Greatest Hits -
#25 on BB Hot Country on COLUMBIA Records
in 1972. (#1 Country hit single in 1965.)
(Written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot.)
INTRO: E A B A E..A E B E
#1.
E B
Ribbon of darkness over me..since my true love
E
walked out the door.
A E B
Tears I never had before..ribbon of darkness over
E
me.
#2.
E B
Clouds are gathering over my head..that kill the
E
day and hide the sun.
A E A E
That shroud the night when day is done..ribbon of
B E
darkness over me.
BRIDGE:
Gbm B E Gbm B
Rain is falling on the meadow..where once my love
E
and I did lie.
Gbm B E Gbm B
Now, she is gone from the meadow..my love, goodbye.
#3.
E B Gbm B
Ribbon of darkness over me, where once the world was
E
young as spring.
E A E
Where flowers did bloom and birds would sing..ribbon
B E
of darkness over me.
INTERLUDE: A B A E A E B E
BRIDGE:
Gbm B E Gbm
In this cold room lying..don't want to see no one but
E
you.
Gbm Abm7 E Gbm B
Lord, I wish I could be dying..to forget you.
#4.
E B
How I wish your heart could see, how mine just takes
E
and breaks all day.
A E A E B E
Come on back and take away..ribbon of darkness over me.
OUTRO:
A E A E B E
Come on back and take away..ribbon of darkness over me.
A sixties/seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
