black is black — текст песни (los bravos)

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:23 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./l/los_bravos/black_is_black.crd

Take a Spanish band fronted by a German-born Gene Pitney soundalike, borrow
a bassline from the Four Tops, and what do you get? A 4 (US) hit for
Los Bravos in the fall of `66. --AWR


Black Is Black
(Hayes - Wadey - Grainger)

Intro:

bass [4X]:

(Em)
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-2---0-2-----0-2-|-----0-2-----0-2-
---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----
-----------------|-----------------

(D)
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-0-----0-------0-|-------0-------0-
---0-2-----0-2---|---0-2-----0-2---
-----------------|-----------------

guitar enters 2nd time
organ (5-1/3` stop) enters 3rd time
horns enter 4th time

Verse 1:

Em
Black is black
D
I want my baby back
Em
It`s gray, it`s gray
A7 D
Since she went away, whoa-whoa
(D)
What can I do
Em A7
`Cause I-I-I-I-I`m
D
I`m feelin` blue

Verse 2:

If I had my way
She`d be back today
But she don`t intend
To see me again, whoa-whoa
What can I do
`Cause I-I-I-I-I`m
I`m feelin` blue

Bridge:

Em
I can`t choose
Fm
It`s too much to lose
G (G) F F
My love`s too strong / / /
(F) E7
Wow! Maybe if she would come back to me
A Fm B
Then it can`t go wrong

Verse 3:

Bad is bad
That I feel so sad
It`s time, it`s time
That I found peace of mind, whoa-whoa
What can I do
`Cause I-I-I-I-I`m
I`m feelin` blue

[repeat bridge]

[repeat verse 1]

Coda:

Em A7
`Cause I-I-I-I-I`m
D
I`m feelin` blue

(horns):

F G D
/ / / / /


-- another ace 60`s tab from Andrew Rogers