Black Is Black 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] Since she went away, whoa-w[D]hoa
What can I [(D)]do
'Cause [Em]I-I-I-I-[A7]I'm
I'm feelin' b[D]lue
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
It's [F#m]too much to lose
My l[G]ove's too strong [(G)] / [F#]/ [F]/
[(F)]Wow! [E7]Maybe if she would come back to me
Then it c[A]an't go wrong[F#m] [B]
Verse 3:
[Bad]That[is] I [bad]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:
'Cause [Em]I-I-I-I-[A7]I'm
I'm feelin' b[D]lue
(horns):
[F] [G] [D]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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