Ebony And Ivory Chords & Tabs
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Ebony and Ivory – Paul McCartney
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Paul McCartney (with Stevie Wonder)
Ebony and Ivory (1982)
(McCartney)
From: "Tug of War"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
Bm/A x-0-4-4-3-2
[ch]F#m/A[/ch] x-0-4-2-2-x
G/A x-0-5-4-3-x
Em/A x-0-2-0-0-x
Em7 0-2-0-0-0-0
C6 x-3-2-2-1-0
Cdim x-3-4-2-4-x
B7 x-2-1-2-0-2
[ch]B7/D#[/ch] x-x-1-2-0-2
*Emaj7 0-6-6-4-0-0
A/B x-2-2-2-2-x
[ch]Gmaj7/A[/ch] x-0-5-4-3-2
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Capo 2nd fret
INTRO
A Bm/A A [ch]F#m/A[/ch] G/A Em/A
e|----2---0-------|----------------|
B|----3---2---2---|3-----0---------|
G|----4---2---2---|4-----0---------|
D|------------4---|5-----2---------|
A|0---------------|0-----0---------|
E|----------------|----------------|
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Capo 2nd fret
INTRO
| A Bm/A A [ch]F#m/A[/ch] | G/A Em/A |
D Em7
Ebony and ivory
Em7/A D Em7
Live together in perfect harmony
Em7/A D Em7
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Em7/A D
Oh lord, why don't we
INTRO
| A Bm/A A [ch]F#m/A[/ch] | G/A Em/A |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/paul_mccartney/ebony_and_ivory_crd_ver_3.html ]
D Bm A G D
We all know that people are the same wherever you go
D A
There is good and bad in everyone
C6 Cdim B7 [ch]B7/D#[/ch] Em
We learn to live, we learn to give each other
G/A
What we need to survive, together alive
D Em7 Em7/A
Ebony and ivory
D Em7 Em7/A
Live together in perfect harmony
D Em7
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Em7/A D Bsus4 B
Oh lord, why don't we
INTERLUDE
| E | F#m7 A/B | E | F#m7 A/B |
*Emaj7 F#m7 A/B
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
Emaj7 G/A
Ebony, ivory ooh
D Bm A G D
We all know that people are the same wherever you go
D A
There is good and bad in everyone
C6 Cdim B7 [ch]B7/D#[/ch] Em
We learn to live, we learn to give each other
[ch]Gmaj7/A[/ch]
What we need to survive, together alive
D Em7 Em7/A
Ebony and ivory
D Em7 Em7/A
Live together in perfect harmony
D Em7
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Em7/A D Bsus4 B
Oh lord, why don't we
Em7 G/A
Side by side on my piano keyboard
[D]
Oh lord, why don't we
OUTRO
| D | Em Em7/A | D | Em Em7/A |
| D | Em Em7/A | D | Em Em7/A |
D(maj7) Em7 Em7/A
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
D(maj7) Em7 Em7/A
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
D(maj7) Em7 Em7/A
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
[vocals ad lib, repeat and fade]