"Rise Up Singing," credits "Black and White (The Ink Is Black)" - note reversal of title- to David Arkin, words, and Earl Robinson, music. A Sing Out Songbook, 1988, 1992.
For he first two lines, they give (p. 59):
D A D A /D G - A - D --- /A - D - A - G A A G A ---/ 1st 2

Footnote in "Rise Up Singing"- "Copyright 1956 (renewed) Templeton Publishing Co. Inc., a division of Shawnee Press Inc. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission- In SO! 6-1 & Reprints #1. On Robinson "Alive and Well" (Aspen) & "Walk in the Sun" (FA2324, E. MacColl & Peggy Seeger "ContempS" (FW8736) & recorded by 3 Dog Night."