Black And Blue chords by Gino Vannelli

Chords with lyrics

BLACK AND BLUE


 a beautiful composition recorded entirely with
an orchestral accompaniment--
with some real monster chord changes--
it still sounds great on guitar!


Chords used:

E7E7+9+5: 0-7-6-7-8-8
F#7F#7+9+5:
E7-9+5:
B7B7+9+5/F#:
C#7C#7+9+11:
Db7Db7+9+11:

 INTRO:

Am9/D          Am9/D Abm9/C# Gm9/C
    do do do do dud den do

Gm9/6/C   C9(add13)
do do do    duddy duddy doo

Bm7-5       E13-9    E7-9+5      AMaj9Amaj9     E7-9
   do do do   dwa-----ay a dah dah dn oo-ooh

         E7E7+9+5   E7-9+5   Am9Am9
do do dum do da dway     ay doh   oh

     F#7F#7+9+5  Bm7-5  Fmaj7/Bb
wa da da dwaaay  dwah  doh


Db7Db7+9+11  C7C7+9  B7B7+9    B7-9  BB+5
 Waaah   ah   oooh

Verse:

Em(add9)      B7B7+9+5/F#    Eadd9/G#
     Feelin' light   and  low

   Cmaj7/D  D9D9    C9C9        B7B7+9  B7-9
Like no    thin I've felt before

EMaj9Emaj9         B7B7+9+5/F#      Eadd9/G#
     My woman' s black, but now she's blue

    Cmaj7/D  C#9C#9    Cmaj7Cmaj7
And I'm wond  er rin  just what to do

C#7C#7+9        F#7-5
   (The day is new)

Chorus:

F#m/B          G#m/B
    A augmentedA motor-city  love affair

    Cmaj13-5  B7B7+5/C     B7-9   B7B7
In the heat         of the night

Bm7/E           C#m7/E
     A augmentedA woman dark and debonair

   G#m7-5    C#7C#7+9+11
Too hard to  re sist

  F#m7-5     B7B7+9+11
The moment you've kissed

Verse:

EmAdd9Emadd9        B7B7+9+5/F#  B7-9/F#      Eadd9/G#
       Feelin' good,          feelin' down

    Cmaj7/D  D9D9     C9C9       B7B7+9
Reper cussions     of a heavy heart

 F13F13
(Torn apart)

EMaj9Emaj9           Am7-5/F#
    The summer night is hot

        Eadd9/G#   Fmaj7/G    C#9C#9
But soon turns cold   -o  -o  -o -o  old

    CMaj9Cmaj9
Like a winter's song

   C#7C#7+9+11       F#7-5
(When something's wrong)


Chorus:

F#m/B   G#m/B
   Oo  ooo   ooo

CMaj9Cmaj9   B7B7+9
 ooo   ooooo  oooo

Bm7/E C#m7/E
 ooo  oooo   oooooo

  G#m7-5    C#7C#7+9+11
Too hard to re sist

  F#m7-5    B7B7+9+11
The moment you've kissed


Verse:

EMaj9Emaj9     B7B7+9+5/F#          Eadd9/G#
    Oh lady black!    Please don't be blue

      Fmaj7/G C#9C#9        CMaj9Cmaj9
Wa-ash the midni-i-ight   with the morning dew

   C#7C#7+9+11     F#7-9+5
(The day is new)   hew


Outro:

Am9/D            Am9/D Abm9/C# Gm9/C
     do do do do dud den do

Gm9/6/C   C9(add13)
do do do    duddy duddy doo

Bm7-5    E13-9    E7-9     AMaj9Amaj9   E7-9
do do do   dwa-----ay a dah dah dn oo-ooh

         E7E7+9+5    E7-9+5   Am9Am9
do do dum do da dway      ay doh   doh

     F7F7+9+5  Bm7-5  Fmaj7/Bb
wa da da dwayayay wah  weeeeeeey........


transcribed by Peter Kruger