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Paint It Black Guitar Tablature
Artist : Gob
Song :Paint it Black
                                          Tabed By The Great Calixto
 Ok, this song is a cover song , originally from rolling stones , lots of bands have tried to cover this song but no one does it as good as Gob.
 Ive seen a lot of tabs for this song and none of them are correct they all suck I assure you that my tab is 100 % accurate .

Ok there are two guitars in this song , but you can play it on one guitar all you have to do is drop high E string half step ( Eb), and low E one full step (D)
 
Intro:
Eb --00000000000000000000-------------2--------------------------------
B   --4-6-7-7/9-7-6-4-4-3-4--6-----1h3h4-4-4p3p1-3---------------------
G   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------  X1
D   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pick slide down neck (don’t slide with finger use pick) after drums come in

Eb -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- X1
D   --/1~-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A   --/1~-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D   --/1~-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse: (palm muted)
Eb -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G   --------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------   X2
D   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------
A   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------
D   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------
       I see a red door and I         want it painted black
       No colors anymore             I want them to turn black
Eb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------2-3-5-3-2--- ß(note, second 
B   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------       guitar)
G   ------8---6----------------------6-----------8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------------ 
D   --/8--8---6---------4-----------6-----------8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------------
A   --/8--6---4---------4-----------4-----------6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------
D   --/8-----------------4--------------------------------------------------------------------
               I    see  the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes

Eb -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G   ----8---6-6--------------------6------------------------------------------ 
D   ----8---6-6-------4-----------6-------6-------------------8--------------
A   ----6---4-4-------4-----------4-------6-------------------8--------------
D   -------------------4--------------------6-------------------8--------------
            I  have to    turn  my  head   until my darkness goes




(Verse2)
Eb -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G   --------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------   X2
D   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------
A   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------
D   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------
       I see a line of cars   and      they’re all painted black              
       With flowers and my love   both never to come back


(chorus 2 )
Eb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------2-3-5-3-2--- ß(note, second 
B   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------       guitar)
G   ------8---6----------------------6-----------8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------------ 
D   --/8--8---6---------4-----------6-----------8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------------
A   --/8--6---4---------4-----------4-----------6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------
D   --/8-----------------4--------------------------------------------------------------------
        I   see people   turn      their heads       and quickly look away 

Eb -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G   ----8---6-6--------------------6------------------------------------------ 
D   ----8---6-6-------4-----------6-------6-------------------8--------------
A   ----6---4-4-------4-----------4-------6-------------------8--------------
D   -------------------4--------------------6-------------------8--------------
         Like a new    born     baby     it just happens    every day 


(verse3)
Eb -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G   --------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------   X2
D   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------
A   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------
D   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------
       I look inside my self and    see my heart is black,                                                                                                        
       I see my red door  I must    have  it painted black
(verse)
Eb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------2-3-5-3-2--- ß(note, second 
B   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------       guitar)
G   ------8---6----------------------6-----------8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------------ 
D   --/8--8---6---------4-----------6-----------8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------------
A   --/8--6---4---------4-----------4-----------6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------
D   --/8-----------------4------------------------------------------------------------------
         Maybe then ill fade away and not have to face the facts 
Eb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G   ----8---6-6--------------------6------------------------------------------ 
D   ----8---6-6-------4-----------6-------6-------------------8--------------
A   ----6---4-4-------4-----------4-------6-------------------8--------------
D   -------------------4--------------------6-------------------8--------------
 its not easy facing up when your whole world is black.


 
Eb --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B   --4-6-7-7/9-7-6-4-4h6p4-3--4--6-----4p3p1-3-1-3---------------------
G   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------  X2
D   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
       I could not foresee this thing happening to you

(same as  all other chorus)
If I look hard enough into the setting sun my, love will laugh with me before the morning comes

(Play verse 1 )
(chorus 1)
      
        hmm hmm …… play this 4 times strumming up and down with palm muting
Eb -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G   --------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------   
D   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------
A   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------
D   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------


Eb --------------------------------------------------------------------------------              
B   --4-6-7-7/9-7-6-4-4h6p4-3--4--6-----4p3p1-3-1-3---------------------
G   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------       
D   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------      
A   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     I wanna see it painted ,painted black black as night black as coal 
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky I wanna see it painted 
Painted painted  , painted black.. Yeah.. hmm hmmm…………..

(outro)
D   -1-1-1-1-1--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A   -1-1-1-1-1--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D   -1-1-1-1-1--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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