Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Black Moon"
from "Black Moon" Album
tabbed by jjhand
standard bass tuning
Some of the riffs are kinda like a baritone guitar here, but the song sounds kinda cool
the keyboards.
Slap E string with thumb each time during main riff-
Intro bar:
G|-------------|
D|-----5---7-5-|
A|-5-7---7-----|
E|-------------|
Intro Riff (play 2x)
G|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5--|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|
G|-----------------|---------------14----------------------|
D|-----------------|---------12-14----14----------14-------|
A|-----------------|---------------------12-14-------12-14-|
E|-0-0------0-0----|-0-0-----------------------15----------|
Verse Riff
G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~-|----------------|------------------------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|----------------|---------------5-7------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0-------5-7-----7-5-3|
G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~-|----------------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|----------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-hold---------|
Chorus 1
G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~-|----------------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|----------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-0-----0-0----|
G|-------14-12----------------------------------|
D|-12-14-------14-14~--12----12-12--------------|
A|------------------------14-------14~---12-14~-|
E|----------------------------------------------|
Play Verse again
Chorus 2
G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~-|----------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|----------------|---------7p5---5---5---|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0---------7---7-----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/emerson_lake_and_palmer/black_moon_btab.html ]
G|--------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------14-12------------|
D|--------------|---------------5---7-5~-|---------------|---------12-14-------14-12-14\--|
A|--------------|-----------5-7---7------|---------------|--------------------------------|
E|-0-0---0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-0----0-0----|-0-0----------------------------|
New Riff (after Chorus 2)
play 2x play 3x
G|----------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------| |-----------------5-7-|-------------5-------|
A|----------------| |-------------5-7-----|---------------7-5---|
E|-2-2-----2-2----| then |-0-0-----0-0---------|-0-0-----0-0-------7-|
Interlude (keyboards)
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-3---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-19\-------|slide off slowly
play 4x
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|
Final Verse
G|----------------|-------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~--|----------------|-------------5b---------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7-------|----------------|---------5-7------7-5---|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0---------------------|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0------------------7-|
G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------7-5-----------|----------------|
A|----------------|--------------7-5-------|----------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------7-5-3-|-0-hold---------|
Last Chorus
G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|---------------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~-|----------------|---------------------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|----------------|---------------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0-----2b3-2b3-2b3-|
G|----------------|----------------------------|----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|----------------------------|----------------|------------------|
A|----------------|--------------0-------0-0---|----------------|------------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0----0-3-0---3-0-0-----3-|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0-2-2-0-0------|
