[(intro ]2x) Dm Am Bb C Am 

Dm                                          Am
    She wears mystic lipstick,          she wears stones and bones,
Bb                                            C                          Am
    she tells myth and legend, she sings rock and roll.
Dm                                                  Am
    She wears chains of bondage,           she wears wings of hope,
Bb                                                         C                    Am
    she wears the gown of plenty, and still it's hard to cope.

       D             Bm                       Em  A
Chroi O mo chroi, your heart is breaking,
          D          Bm                       Em      A
your eyes are red, your song is blue.
           D      B7                    Em                A
Your poets underneath the willow in despair,
   D             Bm  Em            A          D       Bm
they have been lovers of your sad tune,
Em           A             D      Bm   A
lovers of your slow air.

G                               A                  D
    And though they feed on what hurts you,
Em                   A                  D
    to sing the book of your heart,
G                                A                          D
    Oh sweeet Black Rose, how they've loved you,
                Bm                Em                  A
   and it's hard to,  but they do, Eire, they do.

Dm                                                Am
    She keeps fools for counsel,         she keeps the wig and gown.
Bb                                                              C                              Am
    the cloth and the bloody warfare, the stars and stripes and crown.
Dm                                                             Am
    And still we pray for a better day now,          God willing it's for the best,
    Bb                                                                  C                             Am
    I've just seen the harp on the penny with a dollar on her naked breast.

       D             Bm                       Em  A
Chroi O mo chroi, your heart is breaking,
          D          Bm                       Em     A
your eyes are red, your song is blue.
           D      B7                    Em                A
Your poets underneath the willow in despair,
   D             Bm  Em            A          D       Bm
they have been lovers of your sad tune,
Em           A             D    Bm   Em             A         Dm
lovers of your slow air,          lovers in sweet despair.

( Dm Am Bb C Am ) (2x)

       D             Bm                        Em A
Chroi O mo chroi, your heart is breaking,
          D          Bm                       Em      A
your eyes are red, your song is blue.
           D      B7                    Em                A
Your poets underneath the willow in despair,
   D             Bm  Em            A          D       Bm
they have been lovers of your sad tune,
Em           A             D    Bm  Em               A           D
lovers of your slow air,           lovers in sweet despair.