Paint It Black Chords & Tabs
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From: juggle@Athena.MIT.EDU
From: pp21+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul Andrew Platosh)
The song from the show is Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones.
Here's the way I've been playing it - slightly modified to make it sound
better.
"Paint It Black"
by Rolling Stones
Tablature by PAUL PLATOSH
INTRO:
D U D U D U |H|H| |P|P|H|
-----0----0----0--|-----0----0-----0---0-|-----0----0----0---|-------2---------
---5---7----8-----|-10----8-----7----5---|--5----4-----5---7-|-2-4-5----5-4-2-4
------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------
------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------
------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------
------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------
--0---------------|--0-------------------|
--0---------------|--0-------------------|
--0---------------|--0-------------------|
--2---------------|--2-------------------|
--2---------------|--2-------------------|
--0---------------|--0-------------------|
Strum Backwards Strum Backwards
(FOUR BEATS) (FOUR BEATS)
VERSE:
Em |S| |S| |S|
||----------0---0---0-|-----0---0---0---0-|----0---0---0---0-|-0----0----0----|
||----/---5---7---8---|--10---8---7---5---|--5---4---5---7---|-5-4--4-2--2-4--|
||*--/----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------*|
||*-/-----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------*|
||--------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
I see a red door . . .
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rolling_stones/paint_it_black_tab_ver_2.html ]
___ _
-----3---2--2--|-----3-2-2--|-----3--3-3---------3---2--|-3-5-3-2-3-|
-----0---3--3--|-----0-3-3--|-----0--0-0---REST--0------|-----------|
-----0---2--2--|-----0-2-2--|-----0--0-0---------0------|-----------|
---------0--0--|-----0-0-3--|---------------------------|-----------|
---------------|------------|---------------------------|-----------|
--0------------|-3----------|--0------------------------|-----------|
___
---3--2--2--|------------|-----------|
---0--3--3--|-2--2--2--2-|--4-4-4-4--|
---0--2--2--|-2--2--2--2-|--4-4-4-4--|
------0--0--|-2--2--2--2-|--4-4-4-4--| repeat
------------|------------|-----------|
-0----------|------------|-----------|
Explanation:
The song's real easy, no explanation needed.
|H| = Hammer on
|P| = Pull off
|S| = Slide _
--- = Quarter note eg: 3
GOOD LUCK!
pardon any mistakes - its from memory.
Rolling Stones -- "Paint it Black"
TABBED by Tim Nevaker: tnevak2@gl.umbc.edu
Capo on 3rd fret
Intro, fingerpicked:
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
e:--------0-----1-----3-----|--1-----0---------------|--------------------|
B:--3-----------------------|--3-----3-----3-----2---|--3---5-------0h2h3-|
G:--------------------------|--------2--2------------|--------------------|
D:-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----------0------|--------------------|
A:--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
E:--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
^ ^ ^
e:--0-------------||
B:------3p2p0-2---||
G:----------------||
D:----------------||
A:----------------||
E:----------------||
Verse:
^ ^ ^ ^
e:--1--|--------------------1--||
B:--3--|--------------------3--||
G:--2--|--------------------2--||
D:--0--|-----0-----0-----0--0--||
A:-----|--------0-----0-----0--||
E:-----|-----------------------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
e:-----------------------------|--------------------------||
B:-----------------------------|--------------------------||
G:--0h2p0----------0-----------|--0-----------0h20--------||
D:--------2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--------3--2--||
A:-----------4-----------4-----|--------4-----------------||
E:-----------------------------|--------------------------||
Verse Melody:
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
e:--------------|--5-----------|-----------------|------------------||
B:-----5--7--8--|-----8--7--5--|--5h75--4--5--7--|--5--4h5p4p2h4----||
G:--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
D:--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
A:--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
E:--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
Chorus:
| Dm C | F C | Dm | Dm |
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
| Dm C | F C | G | A |
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |