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m_ypenburg@yahoo.com
www.orion-music.net
So here is a tab and chord scheme of Black Or White... For any suggestions or comments, please use
the e-mail adress above. Also feel free to visit the website of my band Orion! You can download
our demo at the audio section. The site is still in Dutch, but we're working on a English content.
Now the song!
The main riff is played in E and D. In the E-part there are some hammer-on's...
So listen to the record to get the rythm right! It's hard to explain the rythm,
but here's a shot!
(4/4) | E5 E5 E5 . | D5 . E5 . | => a "." (1/4th note) is a rest, you have to ring out the chord.
The used chords:
(there guitarist doesn't use a lot of basstones!)
E A D G B e
E5: X X 9 9 9 X => of course you can use the normal E-chord, but then the "funky effect" will be gone!
D5: X X 7 7 7 X => same as the E5 chord!
A : X 0 2 2 X X
A5: 5 7 7 6 X X
B5: 7 9 9 8 X X
NC: X X X X X X => you play no chords!
The main riff (riff 1) goes like this:
h = hammer-on
E5 D5 E5
e:-------------|-----|
B:--9h10-10-11-|-7-9-|
G:--9--9--9--9-|-7-9-|
D:--9h11-11-11-|-7-9-|
A:-------------|-----|
E:-------------|-----|
In the bridge there is a kind of "violent" guitarplaying with (I think) a chord change between B5 and A5,
I use a slide kind of way to make a violent and chaotic kind of sound.
The rythm goes like this (but listen to the record to get it right!):
.. .. . . .. => each "." is a 1/8th note!
(4/4) | B5 B5 A5 B5 . | but... there are two endings in the bridge, where the last chord is not a B5 but an A5!
The riff of the bridge (riff 2) goes like this:
s = slide
B5 B5 A5 B5
e:----------|
B:----------|
G:--8-8-6s8-|
D:--9-9-7s9-|
A:--9-9-7s9-|
E:--7-7-5s7-|
The last riff is in the rappart. The guitarist plays the E5 chords with an extra E and B on the 12th fret. You
only play the high tones of this chord.
E A D G B e
The chord in riff 3 looks like this: X X X 9 12 12
Now the song with the chords!
Intro: (riff 1)
verse 1: (riff 1)
E5
I Took My Baby
D5 E5
On A Saturday Bang
E5
Boy Is That Girl With You
D5 E5
Yes We're One And The Same
Chorus:
E5 NC
Now I Believe In Miracles
A
And A Miracle
NC (riff 1)
Has Happened Tonight
D5
But, If
NC
You're Thinkin'
NC
About My Baby
A NC
It Don't Matter If You're
E5 (riff 1)
Black Or White
verse 2: see verse 1
They Print My Message
In The Saturday Sun
I Had To Tell Them
I Ain't Second To None
Chorus: see chorus 1
And I Told About Equality
An It's True
Either You're Wrong
Or You're Right
But, If
You're Thinkin'
About My Baby
It Don't Matter If You're
Black Or White
Bridge: (riff 2)
B5 A5 B5
I Am Tired Of This Devil
B5 A5 B5
I Am Tired Of This Stuff
B5 A5 B5
I Am Tired Of This Business
B5
Sew When The
A5
Going Gets Rough
B5 A5 B5
I Ain't Scared Of
B5 A5 B5
Your Brother
B5 A5 B5
I Ain't Scared Of No Sheets
B5 A5 B5
I Ain't Scare Of Nobody
B5
Girl When The
A5
Goin' Gets Mean
Rap: (riff 3)
E5
Protection
For Gangs, Clubs
And Nations
Causing Grief In
Human Relations
It's A Turf War
On A Global Scale
I'd Rather Hear Both Sides
Of The Tale
See, It's Not About Races
Just Places
Faces
Where Your Blood
Comes From
Is Where Your Space Is
I've Seen The Bright
Get Duller
I'm Not Going To Spend
My Life Being A Color
verse 3: see verse 1
Don't Tell Me You Agree With Me
When I Saw You Kicking Dirt In My Eye
Chorus: see chorus 1
E5
But, If
You're Thinkin' About My Baby
It Don't Matter If You're Black Or White
D5
I Said If
You're Thinkin' Of
Being My Baby
It Don't Matter If You're Black Or White
D5
I Said If
You're Thinkin' Of
Being My Brother
It Don't Matter If You're
Black Or White
Outro: (riff 1)
Ooh, Ooh
Yea, Yea, Yea Now
Ooh, Ooh
Yea, Yea, Yea Now
It's Black, It's White
It's Tough For You
To Get By
It's Black , It's White, Whoo
It's Black, It's White
It's Tough For You
To Get By
It's Black , It's White, Whoo
Good Luck!
In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make (Paul McCartney)
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