Black Velvet(Chords)

	        Verse 1:   
         
Em        
   Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell;         
Em        
  Jimmy Rodgers on the victola up high.         
Em        
  Mama's dancin' with baby on her shoulders,         
Em         
  The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky.         
Bsus4                B                          Asus4  A         
  The boy could soon know how to move everything;         
G                              Dsus2        
  Always wanting more,  he'd leave you longing for.         

   
Am                           D        
   Black Velvet in that little boy's smile.         
Am                                 F                   C        
  Black velvet in with that slow southern style.         
Am                          D         
  A new religon that'll bring you to your knees,         
C          B                 Em         
   Black velvet, if you please. 
        
         
Verse 2:   
         
Em       
  Up in Memphis the music's like a heat wave,         
Em         
  White lightening, bound to drive you wild.         
Em         
  Mama's baby's in the heart of every school girl,         
Em         
  Love me tender leaves 'em cryin' in the aisles.         
Bsus4           B                       Asus4  A     
  The way he moved it was a sin so sweet and true,         
G5                               Dsus2         
  Always wanting more,   he'd leave you longing for.         
         
Chorus         
         
Break:   
         
Am                            B                                    Em       
   Every word of every song that he sang was for you.         
Am                               F                           Csus2    B7            
   In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon.         
                      Em       
What could you do?         
         
Chorus          

Solo  
Em  





	        

Written by David Michael Tyson, Ward Christopher William