The Black Hills Of Dakota Chords

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The Black Hills Of Dakota by Doris Day is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Em, A, Gm, F#, Bm and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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Intro: D G D G - then as per verse  
   
verse 1 
 D      G           D     G         D           G    Em A 
Take me back to the Black Hills the Black Hills of Dakota 
                                       D   A 
To the beautiful Indian country that I love 

verse 2                                       D     
D       G            D       G       D           G    Em A 
Lost my heart in the Black Hills the Black Hills of Dakota 
                                                    D    G D      
Where the pines are so high that they kiss the sky above 
           G                        Gm 
And when I get that lonesome feeling 
        D      F#       Bm      
And I'm miles away from home 
E                              A                 Em      A 
I hear the voice of the mystic mountains calling me back home 

verse 3  
   D       G           D     G         D           G    Em A 
So take me back to the Black Hills the Black Hills of Dakota 
                                       D   G D 
To the beautiful Indian country that I love 
           G                         Gm 
And when I get that lonesome feeling 
        D      F#        Bm 
And I'm miles away from home 
E                                        A       Em      A 
I hear the voice of the mystic mountains calling me back home 
  
verse 4 to outro 
   D       G           D     G         D           G    Em A     
So take me back to the Black Hills the Black Hills of Dakota 
                                       D    G D 
To the beautiful Indian country that I love 
       A                               D 
To the beautiful Indian country that I love 
        G           D     G             
Take me back to the Black Hills 
       A                               D    G D 
To the beautiful Indian country that I love 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante