The Kettle Black Chords & Tabs
"The Kettle Black" by Paper Rival
Tabbed by: Ghost666-13
Tuning: Half-Step Down
Intro: Let notes ring freely, especially last chord Cmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----0----------------------0------------------------|
G|-------0---0--------0---------0---0-----7+-----------|
D|---------4--------7-------------4----------7\--------|
A|--------------------------------------7--------------|
E|--3------------7---------3---------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------0-------|
B|-----0-------------------------0-------0-------|
G|-------0---0--------0--------2---2-----0-------|
D|---------4--------7--------0-----------2-------|
A|-------------------------3-------------3-------|
E|--3------------7-------------------------------|
Verse 1: I play the chords open like this which I think sounds more
like what's recorded, but I also posted the actual chords.
Might be wrong on these chords though.
G Bm G Em G Bm Em
e|--------------------------0----|
B|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0---2----| x2
A|--------------7-----------2----|
E|--3---7---3-------3---7---0----|
"With the ash of our friends..."
Cm
e|---3----|
B|---4----|
G|---5----|
D|---5----|
A|---3----|
E|--------|
Then back to intro except for one thing
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/paper_rival/the_kettle_black_tab.html ]
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----0----------------------0------------------------|
G|-------0---0--------0---------0---0-----7+-----------|
D|---------4--------7-------------4----------7\--------|
A|--------------------------------------7--------------|
E|--3------------7---------3---------------------------|
e|--------------------------0----|
B|-----0--------------------0----|
G|-------0---0--------0-----0----|
D|---------4--------7-------2----| Notice that the last chord is not
A|--------------------------3----| arpeggiated
E|--3------------7---------------|
Verse 2: Same as Verse 1 but instead of repeating the intro...
e|--------------------0-----|
B|---0----------------0-----|
G|---0----------------0-----|
D|---0----------------2-----| Go back to G, slide to the 7th fret,
A|--------------------2-----| down to the 5th, then into Em which is the
E|---3/----7\----5----0-----| beginning of the Chorus
Chorus: "If you love me..."
C Am Em
e|--0---0---0------|
B|--1---1---0------|
G|--0---2---0------|
D|--2---2---2------|
A|--3---0---2------|
E|----------0------|
The Interlude is the same chord progression as the Chorus,
then the last verse is the same as the others except after the Cm,
a G barre chord is played.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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