Alannah Myles, Black Velvet (1990)
Key: :[D#m] (w: David Tyson, Christopher Ward)
VERSE 1:
[D#m] Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
Jimmy Rodgers on the victola up high
Mama's dancin' baby on her shoulders
The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky
[Bb7] The boy could soon know how to
[G#] move everything
[F#] Always wanting more,
[C#] he'd leave you longing for
CHORUS:
[G#m] Black Velvet in that
[C#] little boy's smile
[G#m] Black velvet in with that
[E] slow
[B] southern style
[G#m] A new religon that'll
[C#] bring you to your knees
[B7] Black
[Bb7] velvet, if you
[D#m] please
VERSE 2:
[D#m] Up in Memphis the music's like a heat wave
White lightening, bound to drive you wild
Mama's baby's in the heart of every schoolgirl
Love me tender leaves 'em cryin' in the aisles
[Bb7] The way he moved it was a
[G#] sin so sweet and true
[F#] Always wanting more,
[C#] he'd leave you longing for
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
[G#m] Every word of every
[Bb7] song that he sang was for
[D#m] you
[G#m] In a flash he was
[E] gone, it happened so
[B] soon
[Bb7] What could you
[D#m] do?
