Bass tabs
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
