(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.