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Blue On Black

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Gmajor

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1/12

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 12Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
e|--D-------------------------Cadd9----3-------G3--|
B|--3---3---3---3---3---3--------3-------3--|
G|--2---2---0---2---0---2--------0-------0--|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0--------2-------0--|
A|--x---x---x---x---x---x----0h3-3---0h2-2--|
E|---------------------------------------3--|
[Verse 1]
DNight... Cadd9falls  Gand I'm aDloneCadd9  G  
DSkin... yeah, Cadd9chilled Gme to the DboneCadd9  G  
DYou... Cadd9turned Gand you Dran, oh Cadd9yeahG  
Oh, Dslipped... Cadd9right  Gfrom my DhandCadd9  G  
[Chorus]
Hey, Dblue on black, tears on a river
CPush on a shove, Git don't mean much
DJoker on jack, match on a fire
CCold on ice, Ga dead man's touch
DWhisper on a scream
CDoesn't change a Gthing
Don't bring you AbaaaaaaaGack
Blue on Dblack, oh CyeahG, blue on DblackC  G  
[Verse 2]
DBlind... Cadd9oh,    Gnow I DseeCadd9  G  
DTruth... Cadd9lies, Gand in beDtweenCadd9  G  
DWrong... Cadd9can't Gbe unDdoneCadd9  G  
Oh, Dslipped... Cadd9from  Gthe tip of your DtongueCadd9  G  
[Chorus]
Hey, Dblue on black, tears on a river
CPush on a shove, Git don't mean much
DJoker on jack, match on a fire
CCold on ice, Ga dead man's touch
DWhisper on a scream
CDoesn't change a Gthing
Doesn't bring you Abaaaaaaaack, Gyeah
Blue on Dblack    C   G  
[Solo]
|        D|   C      G| x7
|        F|        G| x2 
[Chorus]
DBlue on black, tears on a river
CPush on a shove, Git don't mean much
DJoker on jack, match on a fire
CCold on ice, Git's a dead man's touch
DWhisper on a scream
CDoesn't change a Gthing
Don't bring you AbaaaaaaaGack
Blue on Dblack, CooGoh Dyeah
CooGoh DyeahC  G  

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Blue On Black

by Kenny Wayne Shepherd

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Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

[Intro]

D Cadd9 G

e|-------------------------------3-------3--|

B|--3---3---3---3---3---3--------3-------3--|

G|--2---2---0---2---0---2--------0-------0--|

D|--0---0---0---0---0---0--------2-------0--|

A|--x---x---x---x---x---x----0h3-3---0h2-2--|

E|---------------------------------------3--|

[Verse 1]

D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G

Night... falls and I'm alone

D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G

Skin... yeah, chilled me to the bone

D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G

You... turned and you ran, oh yeah

D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G

Oh, slipped... right from my hand

[Chorus]

Hey, blue on black, tears on a river

C G

Push on a shove, it don't mean much

Joker on jack, match on a fire

C G

Cold on ice, a dead man's touch

Whisper on a scream

C G

Doesn't change a thing

A G

Don't bring you baaaaaaaack

D C G D C G

Blue on black, oh yeah, blue on black

[Verse 2]

D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G

Blind... oh, now I see

D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G

Truth... lies, and in between

D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G

Wrong... can't be undone

D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G

Oh, slipped... from the tip of your tongue

[Chorus]

Hey, blue on black, tears on a river

C G

Push on a shove, it don't mean much

Joker on jack, match on a fire

C G

Cold on ice, a dead man's touch

Whisper on a scream

C G

Doesn't change a thing

A G

Doesn't bring you baaaaaaaack, yeah

D C G

Blue on black

[Solo]

D C G

| | | x7

F G

| | | x2

[Chorus]

Blue on black, tears on a river

C G

Push on a shove, it don't mean much

Joker on jack, match on a fire

C G

Cold on ice, it's a dead man's touch

Whisper on a scream

C G

Doesn't change a thing

A G

Don't bring you baaaaaaaack

D C G D

Blue on black, oooh yeah

C G D C G

oooh yeah

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