{"id":28168,"date":"2026-01-04T05:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=28168"},"modified":"2026-07-11T05:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T05:56:39","slug":"ribbon-of-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/ribbon-of-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon of Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Marty Robbins<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"ER3UX\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><code class=\"nr2Gp\"><code class=\"nr2Gp\"><\/code><\/code><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Ribbon Of Darkness: Marty Robbins\r\nAlbum - Marty Robbins All Time Greatest Hits -\r\n#25 on BB Hot Country on COLUMBIA Records\r\nin 1972. (#1 Country hit single in 1965.)\r\n(Written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot.)\r\n \r\nINTRO:\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">[C]<\/span> [<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"A\">F]<\/span> [<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">G]<\/span> [<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"A\">F]<\/span> [<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">C]<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"A\">[F]<\/span> [<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">C]<\/span> [<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">G]<\/span> [<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">C]<\/span>\r\n \r\n#1. - - - [C] Ribbon of darkness over [G] me..since my true love walked out the [C] door.  Tears I never had be-[F]-fore.. [C] ribbon of [G] darkness over [C] me.\r\n \r\n#2. - - - [C] Clouds are gathering over my [G] head..that kill the day and hide the [C] sun. That [F] shroud the [C] night when day is [F] done.. [C] ribbon of [G] darkness over [C] me.\r\n \r\nBRIDGE: - - - [Dm] Rain is [G] falling on the [C] meadow.. [Dm] where once my [G] love and I did [C] lie.\r\n[Dm] Now, she is [G] gone from the [C] meadow.. [Dm] my love, good-[G]-bye.\r\n \r\n#3. - - - [C] Ribbon of darkness over [G] me, [Dm] where once the [G] world was young as [C] spring.\r\n[C] Where flowers did bloom and birds would [F] sing.. [C] ribbon of [G] darkness over [C] me.\r\n \r\nINTERLUDE: - - - [F] [G] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C]\r\n \r\nBRIDGE: - - - [Dm] In this [G] cold room [C] lying.. [Dm] don't want to see no one but [C] you.\r\nDm     Em7            C      Dm       G\r\nLord, I wish I could be dying.. [Dm] to for-[G]-get you.\r\n \r\n#4. - - - [C] How I wish your heart could [G] see, how mine just takes and breaks all [C] day.   [F] Come on [C] back and take [F] away.. [C] ribbon of [G] darkness over [C] me.\r\n \r\nOUTRO: - - - [F] Come on [C] back and take [F] away.. [C] ribbon of [G] darkness over [C] me.\r\n \r\n \r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<div class=\"vxv2A\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><code class=\"nr2Gp\"><code class=\"nr2Gp\"><\/code><\/code>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marty Robbins Ribbon Of Darkness: Marty Robbins Album &#8211; Marty Robbins All Time Greatest Hits &#8211; #25 on BB Hot Country on COLUMBIA Records in 1972. (#1 Country hit single in 1965.) (Written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot.) INTRO: [C] [F] [G] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] #1. &#8211; &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/ribbon-of-darkness\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ribbon of Darkness<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28168"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32024,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28168\/revisions\/32024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}