Black is Black
By Los Bravos, 1966
Strum = This and That
INTRO [Em] x 2 [D] x 2
Repeat x 2 with Intro Riff introduced
VERSE 1 (Verse picking 1st 2 lines, then ‘this and that’)
[Em] Black is Black, [D] I want my baby back.
[Em] It’s grey, it’s grey, [A] since she [A7] went away, oh
[D] oh, What can I do? ‘Cause [Em] I-I-I-I [A] I, I’m feeling [D]2 blue.
VERSE 2 (Verse picking 1st 2 lines, then ‘this and that’)
[Em] If I had my way, [D] she’d be back today.
[Em] But she don’t intend [A] to see me a[A7]gain away, oh
[D] oh, What can I do? ‘Cause [Em] I-I-I-I [A] I, I’m feeling [D]2 blue.
BRIDGE
[Em]/ / I can’t choose, it’s [F#m]/ / too much to lose.
My [G]/ / / love’s too strong. [F#]/ [F]/
[E7]/ / Maybe if she would come [E7]/ / back to me then it
[A]/ / can’t go wrong. [A]/ [F#m]/ [B7]/
VERSE 3 (Verse picking 1st 2 lines, then ‘this and that’)
[Em] Bad is bad [D] that I feel so sad.
[Em] It’s time, it’s time [A] that I found [A7] peace of mind, oh
[D] oh, What can I do? ‘Cause [Em] I-I-I-I [A] I, I’m feeling [D]2 blue.
BRIDGE
VERSE 1
[Em] Black is Black, [D] I want my baby back.
[Em] It’s grey, it’s grey, [A] since she [A7] went away, oh
[D] oh, What can I do? ‘Cause [Em] I-I-I-I [A] I, I’m feeling [D]2 blue.
‘Cause [Em] I-I-I-I [A] I, I’m feeling [D] blue.
FINISH: [F / / ] [G / / ] [D / / / / ] [D hold]
INTRO RIFF
Em D
A 7 2 5 7 2 5 7 2 5 7 2 5 7 5 0 2 5 0 2 5 0 2 5 0 2 5
E
C
G
VERSE PICKING
Em D
A 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
E 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
C 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2
G
Em A A7
A 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
E 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
C 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1
G
RIFF 2 (END OF EACH VERSE ON THE D)
D
A 0 2 5 0 2 5 0 2 5 0 2 5
E
C
G
