Black Dress
“Jesse Strickman serves up a plate of the basics: light fingerpicking across an acoustic guitar that give way to bouncing chords, soft vocals that accentuate the wistful lyrics under the backdrop of falling rain. They give way to Josh Owings’ bluesy guitar solo, gentle yet crashing percussion by Chris Nishimoto, and ending with a muddy little ditty by bassist Van Jackson-Weaver.”
Black Dress
Black hair
Black eyes
Blank stare
And since such a bright mood is set
The blackness makes you a silhouette
But what kind of heartless darkness do you conceal?
Is it your deepest secret you won’t reveal?
Is it a mystery, a misery that just won’t heal?
And eats you up while we share this meal
Wet eyes
Solemn words
Heavy hearts
Are heard
But since we hardly met
To me your memory’s only a silhouette
But what kind of heartless darkness was concealed?
Was it your deepest secret never to be revealed?
Was it a mystery, a misery that never healed?
And haunts us now that your coffin’s sealed
Capo 2nd fret
Verse:
A | A | E | E
Pre-chorus:
A | A5addb5 A-v2 | E | E E-v2
A | A5addb5 A-v2 | E | Esus2sus4 E-v2
A5addb5: x 0 2 2 4 0
A version2: x 0 2 2 5 0
E variation2: 0 x 6 4 0 0
Esus2sus4: 0 x 4 2 0 0
Chorus:
C#m | C#m | A | Bsus4 B 2x
C#m | G#m | E | Bsus4 B
E6 E5 | Esus4 Eadd4
Bsus4: 7 9 9 9 x x
E6: 0 4 6 6 0 0
E5: 0 2 2 4 0 0
Esus4: 0 0 2 2 0 0
Eadd4: 0 0 2 1 0 0
Outro:
Badd4 | Badd4 Aadd2
A | A A5addb5 A | E
(Thirds on the 4th and 5th strings going up the neck, strumming all strings except muting 5th string)
C#m/E
Badd4: x x 9 8 0 0
Aadd2: x x 7 6 0 0