Black is the color -Joan Baez J.B plays this in Em but in some performances with the guitar tuned down one semitone. This tab is based on the version on the Joan Baez in Concert album as below: EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe 022000 022002 002210 002212 200232 Strum a triplet on each quarter note (12/8 rhythm) Intro: Black black black is the color of my true loves hair. His lips are something wond’rous fair The purest eyes and the bravest hands. I love the ground whereon he stands. I love my love and well he kno- ows I love the ground whereon he goes And if my love no more I’ll see My life would quickly fade away. Black black black is the color of my true loves hair.