Black Horse and the Cherry Tree Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays671

Black Horse and the Cherry Tree by Kt Tunstall is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, B7, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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  			Em    B7    Em    <--listen to song for rythm  

Verso 1:  
n/c  
Well my heart knows me better than i know myself   
so im gonna let it do all the talking  
Em     B7     Em  
n/c  
I come across a place in the middle of nowhere   
with a big black horse and a cherry tree  
Em     B7     Em  
n/c  
I felt alittle fear upon my back  i said dont look back   
just keep on walking  
Em     B7     Em  
n/c  
but the big black horse he looked this way and said   
hey lady will you marry me?  
Em     B7     Em  
   
  
Em         D       C  
but i said no  no  no  no  no  no  
Em         D    C                   Em 
i said no  no  you're not the one for me  
Em         D       C  
 no  no  no  no  no  no  
Em         D    C   
i said no  no  you're not the one for me  
  
  
Em   
Verso 2:  
same pattern as verse 1  
And my heart had a problem in the early hours   
so i stopped it dead for a beat or two  
Em     B7     Em 
N/C 
but i cut some cord and i shouldnt of done that   
and it wont forgive me after all these years  
Em     B7     Em 
N/C 
So i sent it to a place in the middle of nowhere   
with a big black horse and a cherry tree  
Em     B7     Em 
N/C 
Now it wont come back cos its oh so happy   
and now ive got a hole for the world to see yeah  
  
Em     B7     Em  
  
Chorus is the same  

N/C  
no  no  no  no  
no  no  no  
no  no  you're not the one for me  
no  no  no  no  
no  no  no  
no  no  you're not the one for me  
  
Em        D                   Em  
big black horse and the cherry tree  
Em           D                C               Em  
i cant quite get there cos my hearts forsaken me yeah yeah yeah  
Em        D                   Em  
big black horse and the cherry tree  
Em           D                C  
i cant quite get there cos my hearts forsaken me
    	

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.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante