Black Velvet

 
              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.         
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  The way he moved it was a sin so sweet and true,         
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  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.         
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   In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon.         
                      Em       
What could you do?         
         
Chorus          
 
Solo  
Em