D        G           D7       G
 I don't want you to hold me tight
Cadd4       C        G  Em
Till you're mine to hold
    D            G           D7         G
And I don't even want you to stay all night
Cadd4           C          D
Just until the moon turns cold

[Chorus]
                        G     Bm    C     D          G
She said All I need is black roses white rhythm and blues
         Bm  C   D              G
And somebody who cares when you lose
G     Bm     C     D         G         Em   G  Em
Black roses white rhythm and blues

[Verse 2]
D              G       D7           G
You say that somebody really loves you
       Cadd4          C         G   Em
You'd find her if you just knew how
          D     G         D7         G
But honey everyone in the whole wide world
     Cadd4    C       D
Is probably asleep by now

[Chorus]
              G     Bm    C     D           G
Wishing for black roses white rhythm and blues
         Bm   C   D              G
And somebody who cares when you lose
G     Bm    C     D          C D7 G
Black roses white rhythm and blues

[Bridge]
C     D    G G/F# Em    C          D        G
Close your eyes         sleep away all your blues
C         D       G  G/F# Em
I've done everything but lie
             A                   D
Now I don't know what else I can do

[Instrumental]
G Bm C D  G Bm C D  G Bm C D  Asus4 E A  (key change 2:28 on song)

[Verse 3]
E                   A           E7     A
Ah, the night time sighs and I hear myself
        Dsus4        D           A
But the words just stick in my throat
E          A           E7       A
Don’t you think that a man like me
           Dsus4      D             E
Might have hurt much more than it shows

[Chorus]
              A     C#m    D     E          A
Just send me black roses white rhythm and blues
        C#m  D      E             A
And somebody  who cares when you lose
A     C#m    D     E           D    E
I need some white rhythm and blues

[Outro]
        A     C#m    D     E          A
I need black roses white rhythm and blues
        C#m   D     E             A
And somebody  who cares when you lose
 C#m                 D          E        A  C#m  D  E
Just play a little hillbilly rhythm and blues

  A     C#m    D     E          A
Black roses white rhythm and blues
        C#m  D      E             A
And somebody  who cares when you lose
C#m           D     E          A  C#m D           E
I need some white rhythm and blues      She said all I need is

  A     C#m    D     E          A
Black roses white rhythm and blues
        C#m  D      E             A
And somebody  who cares when you lose
C#m           D            E          A  C#m  D  E
I need some little white rhythm and blues