Standard tuning.
Capo on 5. All chords relative to capo.
This is a great Canadian song about a tornado that devastated Edmonton on July 31st, 1987.
That day has come to be known as Black Friday.
This is the strumming pattern used in the first line,
of which variations are used throughout the song.
The same patterns for the chords are used,
but with different chord progressions.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|--0-----0---0---0---------------------------------------0h1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0---|
B|--1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----1---1---1---------------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
G|--0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0---0---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
D|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0---0-----|
A|--------------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0---------------------|
E|--------------------------------------3-----3---3---3-----------------------|
This just details the pattern for F.
...-0-0-0-0h1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0--|
...-3-3-3-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
...-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
...---0---3-----3---3---3----|
...--------------------------|
...--------------------------|
Oh lord I lost you I held you tight
Oh I will hold on to your love in the night
And the black sky will come before our eyes
Oh I, let s lie down in the bat tonight
Oh
Oh lord I ve found you, I held you tight
Oh I, and the buildings are pulled into the sky
And our hearts shakin in
This summer night, oh I
Let s lie down in the bat tonight
Oh
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes to take you from me
I let you know that I hold you
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you
Oh lord I ve found you I held you tight
Oh I and the black skies above our eyes tonight
And our hearts breakin in the end tonight, oh I
Let s lie down in the bat tonight
Oh
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes to take you from me
I let you know that I hold you
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes to take you from me
I let you know that I hold you
(Single strums)
Oh lord I lost you, I held you tight
Oh I
And the black sky will come for us tonight
And our heart s shakin in the empty night, oh I
Let s lie down in the bat tonight
Oh
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes to take you from me
I let you know that I hold you
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you