INTRO: Am I built this house with my bare hands D On the shores of Louisian G Took my sweet cher Jolie-Ann Am For my own, my very own Now every man has got his pride D I tried to shelter and provide G But I can't stop this poison tide Am Rolling in, rolling in CHORUS: D Am Now I've nothing left to give her D No answer to her prayers Am Black ribbons on the water D Am Black ribbons for her hair Then came the wind, then came the rain D We defied that hurricane G And we built this house again Am Stone by stone, stone by stone But in the gulf of Mexico D Some five thousand feet below G Oh, the devil's blood it flows Am On and on, on and on CHORUS: D Am I've nothing left to give her D No answer to her prayers Am Black ribbons on the water D Am Black ribbons for her hair INSTRUMENTAL: Am D Am D G Am Oh, how her eyes they used to shine D Fairest in Evangeline G Now they stare so cold and blind Am Through my soul, oh lord, my soul CHORUS: D Am She was tangled in the salt-grass D Not a bullet left to spare Am Black ribbons on the water D Am Black ribbons for her hair D Am Black ribbons on the water D Am Black ribbons for her hair OUTRO: Am D Am D G Am (3x)
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