Black And Blue chords by Gino Vannelli

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:

E7+9+5: 0-7-6-7-8-8
F#7+9+5:
E7-9+5:
B7+9+5/F#:
C#7+9+11:
Db7+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           Amaj9         E7-9
     do do do     dwa-----ay a dah  dah  dn  oo-ooh

                 E7+9+5     E7-9+5      Am9
do do dum do da dway         ay doh      oh

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


Db7+9+11    C7+9    B7+9        B7-9    B+5
 Waaah      ah      oooh

Verse:

Em(add9)           B7+9+5/F#        Eadd9/G#
          Feelin'  light      and   low

      Cmaj7/D   D9       C9                B7+9   B7-9
Like no        thin I've felt before

Emaj9                 B7+9+5/F#            Eadd9/G#
          My woman' s black, but now she's blue

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

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

Chorus:

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

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

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

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

    F#m7-5         B7+9+11
The moment you've kissed


Verse:

Emadd9                B7+9+5/F#    B7-9/F#            Eadd9/G#
              Feelin' good,                   feelin' down

       Cmaj7/D   D9          C9              B7+9
Reper  cussions         of a heavy heart

 F13
(Torn apart)

Emaj9                      Am7-5/F#
       The summer night is hot

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

       Cmaj9
Like a winter's song

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


Chorus:

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

Cmaj9     B7+9
 ooo     ooooo   oooo

Bm7/E  C#m7/E
 ooo   oooo     oooooo

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

    F#m7-5        B7+9+11
The moment you've kissed


Verse:

Emaj9          B7+9+5/F#                    Eadd9/G#
       Oh lady black!       Please don't be blue

           Fmaj7/G  C#9                Cmaj9
Wa-ash the midni-i-ight      with the morning dew

     C#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          Amaj9      E7-9
do do do     dwa-----ay a dah  dah  dn  oo-ooh

                 E7+9+5        E7-9+5      Am9
do do dum do da dway           ay doh      doh

         F7+9+5    Bm7-5   Fmaj7/Bb
wa da da dwayayay  wah    weeeeeeey........



transcribed by Peter Kruger