LOS BRAVOS - "black is black" Tablature

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:23 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
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
F#m
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 F#m 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