Mystic lipstick
Dm - Am - Bb - C - Am(2x)
Dm - Am
1. 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
2. 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.
(orig. = capo 5th) (Christy
Moore)