Los Bravos - BLACK IS BLACK Tab

Artist : Los Bravos
Song : BLACK IS BLACK

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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