Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
KT Tunstall (2005)
Bo Diddley Instrumental Rhythm for Verses:
Em
| D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - |
1 (2)&(3) 4 (1) 2 3 (4)
B7 Em
| D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - |
1 (2)&(3) 4 (1) 2 3 (4)
Played to Bo Diddley Rhythm
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
Acapella
Well my | [Z]heart knows me better than I | know myself,
so I'm | gonna let it do | all the talking
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
| [Z] Came across a place in the | middle of nowhere,
with a | big black horse and a | cherry tree
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
| [Z] I fell in fear u- | pon my back,
I said | don't look back, just | keep on walking
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
But the | [Z] big black horse, it | looked this way and said,
| hey lady will you | marry me?
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
Chorus
But I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | no... | [Em] no, no, no
I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | you're not the one for | [Em] me
| [Em]no, | [D] no, | [D] no... | [Em] no, no, no
I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | [D↓] you're not the one for | [Em] me [Riff]
Instrumental
Em
| D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - | x4
1 (2)&(3) 4 (1) 2 3 (4)
Well my | [Z] heart had a problem in the | early hours,
so I | stopped it dead for a | beat or two
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
But I | [Z] cut some cord and I | shouldn't of done it,
and it | won't forgive me after | all these years
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
So I | [Z] sent it to a place in the | middle of nowhere,
with a | big black horse and a | cherry tree
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
Now it | [Z] won't come back 'cause it's | oh so happy,
and | now I've got a hole for the | world to see
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
Chorus
But I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | no... | [Em] no, no, no
I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | you're not the one for | [Em] me
| [Em] no, | [D] no, | [D] no... | [Em] no, no, no
I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | [D↓] you're not the one for | [Em] me [Riff]
Instrumental
Em Em
| D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - | x4
Hoo Woo Hoo
Bridge - Z over Bo Diddley Rhythm
[Z] No, no, no, no
[Z] No, no, no
[Z] No, no... you're not the one for me
[Z] No, no, no, no
[Z] No, no, no
[Z] No, no... you're not the one for me
| [Em] Big black | [D] horse | and the cherry | [Em] tree
I | [Em] can't quite | [D] get there 'cause my | heart's forsaken | [Em] me
| [Em] Big black | [D] horse | and the cherry | [Em] tree
I | [Em] can't quite | [D] get there 'cause my | [D↓] hearts forsaken me
#Last Updated 7/7/17 JJ
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KT Tunstall (2005)
Bo Diddley Instrumental Rhythm for Verses:
Em
| D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - |
1 (2)&(3) 4 (1) 2 3 (4)
B7 Em
| D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - |
1 (2)&(3) 4 (1) 2 3 (4)
Played to Bo Diddley Rhythm
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
Acapella
Well my | [Z]heart knows me better than I | know myself,
so I'm | gonna let it do | all the talking
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
| [Z] Came across a place in the | middle of nowhere,
with a | big black horse and a | cherry tree
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
| [Z] I fell in fear u- | pon my back,
I said | don't look back, just | keep on walking
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
But the | [Z] big black horse, it | looked this way and said,
| hey lady will you | marry me?
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
Chorus
But I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | no... | [Em] no, no, no
I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | you're not the one for | [Em] me
| [Em]no, | [D] no, | [D] no... | [Em] no, no, no
I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | [D↓] you're not the one for | [Em] me [Riff]
Instrumental
Em
| D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - | x4
1 (2)&(3) 4 (1) 2 3 (4)
Well my | [Z] heart had a problem in the | early hours,
so I | stopped it dead for a | beat or two
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
But I | [Z] cut some cord and I | shouldn't of done it,
and it | won't forgive me after | all these years
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
So I | [Z] sent it to a place in the | middle of nowhere,
with a | big black horse and a | cherry tree
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
Now it | [Z] won't come back 'cause it's | oh so happy,
and | now I've got a hole for the | world to see
Woo - | [Em] hoo... | ...Woo - | [B7] hoo... | [Em]
Chorus
But I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | no... | [Em] no, no, no
I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | you're not the one for | [Em] me
| [Em] no, | [D] no, | [D] no... | [Em] no, no, no
I said | [Em] no, | [D] no... | [D↓] you're not the one for | [Em] me [Riff]
Instrumental
Em Em
| D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - | x4
Hoo Woo Hoo
Bridge - Z over Bo Diddley Rhythm
[Z] No, no, no, no
[Z] No, no, no
[Z] No, no... you're not the one for me
[Z] No, no, no, no
[Z] No, no, no
[Z] No, no... you're not the one for me
| [Em] Big black | [D] horse | and the cherry | [Em] tree
I | [Em] can't quite | [D] get there 'cause my | heart's forsaken | [Em] me
| [Em] Big black | [D] horse | and the cherry | [Em] tree
I | [Em] can't quite | [D] get there 'cause my | [D↓] hearts forsaken me
#Last Updated 7/7/17 JJ
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