The Rolling Stones - Paint it black
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PAINT IT, BLACK
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH)
Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Dm A C F
x x 0 2 3 1 x 0 2 2 2 0 x 3 2 0 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1
G
3 2 0 0 0 3
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Richards - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Richards - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Jones - Sitar'
Intro 1
Freely Q=138 H.=H
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I(El. Gtr.)
|-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E Q E E E Q
|--------0---1---|-3---1---0------|---------------|-------0-----------||
|----3-----------|-------------3--|-3---2---3s=5--|-0h2h3----3p2p0h2--||
|----------------|-------------2--|---------------|-------------------||
|------0---0---0-|---0---0---0----|---0---0-------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------||
Intro 2
Q=142
N.C. Dm
Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
W H Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------^1-|-(1)-1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-||
|----------|-----------^3-|-(3)-3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-||
|----------|-----------^2-|-(2)-2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-||
|----------|-----------^0-|-(0)-0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-||
|----------|--------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|----------|--------------|-------------------|-----------------||
1st - 3rd & 5th Verses
$
Dm
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
Gtr III (Sitar arr. for Gtr.)
Q Q Q Q a Q Q Q Q
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----3---5---6---|-6s8---6---5---3---|
||------------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~
a Q Q Q Q a Q Q S E. +Q
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-5s3---2---3---5---|-5s3---2---0h2----(2)----|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q a Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----3---5---6---|-6s8---6---5---3---|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~
a Q Q Q Q a Q Q S E. +Q
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-5s3---2---3---5---|-5s3---2---0h2----(2)---||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
Bridge
Dm C F C Dm
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / x / / / / / x / / / / / / / / / / / / x
Gtr I
Q q E E Q Q q E E Q Q q E Q E +E E E E E E Q
|----1--0-0-0---|----1--0-0-0---|-1--1----1---1-|-(1)-0-1-3-1-0-1---|
|----3--1-1-1---|----1--1-1-1---|-3--3----3---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|----2--0-0-0---|----2--0-0-0---|-2--2----2---2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-0-------------|-3-------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
1.,2.,D.S.
To Coda
C F C G A
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / x / / / / / x / / / / / / / / / / / / x
Q q E Q. Q q E Q. Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q. 3x
|----1--0-0------|----1--0-0------|----3--3-3---3-|-----5--5-5--------||
|----3--1-1------|----1--1-1------|----0--0-0---0-|-----2--2-2-------o||
|----2--0-0------|----2--0-0------|----0--0-0---0-|-----2--2-2--------||
|-0--------------|-3--------------|---------------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-0----------------o||
|----------------|----------------|-3-------------|-------------------||
4th Verse
3.
A Dm
E E Q E E E E W +W
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / x / /
Gtr III
Q Q E Q. Q Q Q Q a Q Q Q Q
|-----5--5-5------||-------------|----------------|
|-----2--2-2------||----3--5--6--|-6s=8--6--5--3--|
|-----2--2-2------||-------------|----------------|
|-----------------||-------------|----------------|
|-0---------------||-------------|----------------|
|-----------------||-------------|----------------|
A
W +W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~~
a Q Q Q Q a Q Q S E. +Q
|---------------|--------------------|
|-5s3--2--3--5--|-5s=3--2--0h2--(2)--|
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|
Dm A
W +W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
~~~~~~~
Q Q Q Q a Q Q Q Q a Q Q Q Q a Q Q S E. +Q
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------||
|----3--5--6--|-6s=8--6--5--3--|-5s3--2--3--5--|-5s=3--2--0h2--(2)---||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------||
Bridge
Dm C F C Dm
Gtr II
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / x / / / / / x / / / / / / / / / / / / x
Gtr I
Q q E E Q Q q E E Q Q q E Q E +E E E E E E Q
|----1--0-0-0---|----1--0-0-0---|-1--1----1---1-|-(1)-0-1-3-1-0-1---|
|----3--1-1-1---|----1--1-1-1---|-3--3----3---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|----2--0-0-0---|----2--0-0-0---|-2--2----2---2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-0-------------|-3-------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Dm C F C G A
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / x / / / / / x / / / / / / / / / / / / x
Q q E Q. Q q E Q. Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q.
|----1--0-0------|----1--0-0------|----3--3-3---3-|-----5--5-5-------||
|----3--1-1------|----1--1-1------|----0--0-0---0-|-----2--2-2-------||
|----2--0-0------|----2--0-0------|----0--0-0---0-|-----2--2-2-------||
|-0--------------|-3--------------|---------------|------------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-0----------------||
|----------------|----------------|-3-------------|------------------||
Outro
&
Dm
Gtr II
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
Q Q Q Q a Q Q Q Q
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o----3-----5--6-----|-6s8--6-----5--3-----|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
A
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~
a Q Q Q Q a Q Q S E. +Q
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|-5s3--2-----3--5-----|-5s3--2-----0h2--(2)-----o||
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------||
Dm
Gtr II
|-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
Q Q E Q E +Q Q E Q.
||-----1-----1-1-----1---|---(1)--1-----1-1--------|
||o----3-----3-3-----3---|---(3)--3-----3-3--------|
||-----2-----2-2-----2---|---(2)--2-----2-2--------|
||--0--------------------|-------------------------|
||o----------------------|-------------------------|
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q Q Q Q a Q Q Q Q
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o----3-----5---6-------|-6s=8---6-----5----3-----|
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o----------------------|-------------------------|
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
A
|-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3---|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E Q E +Q Q E Q E 5x
|------5-----5-5-----5---|---(5)--5-----5----5-------5-------||
|------2-----2-2-----2---|---(2)--2-----2----2-------2------o||
|------2-----2-2-----2---|---(2)--2-----2----2-------2-------||
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---0--------------------|----------------------------------o||
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| a Q Q Q Q a Q Q S E. +Q 5x
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-5s3--2-----3---5-------|-5s=3---2-----0h2----(2)----------o||
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Dm
|--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-5-6-5---3---5-3-3---3---|---1-3-3-----0--------|
|-------------------------|----------------3-----|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q a Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-----3-------5---6-------|-6s8---6-----5--3-----|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
A
|-3-| |--3--| |--3--| |--3---|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
TP TP TP
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------0----------------------|
|---3--2-----3------0---|---3-2-3-------3----2--0----3-----|
|---------------2-------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| a Q Q Q Q a Q Q S E. +Q
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5s3--2-----3--5-------|-5s3---2-------0h2----(2)---------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
Dm
|-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E Q E +Q Q E Q.
||-----1-----1-1-----1---|---(1)--1-----1-1--------|
||o----3-----3-3-----3---|---(3)--3-----3-3--------|
||-----2-----2-2-----2---|---(2)--2-----2-2--------|
||--0--------------------|-------------------------|
||o----------------------|-------------------------|
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q a Q Q Q Q
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o----3-----5---6-------|-6s=8---6-----5----3-----|
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o----------------------|-------------------------|
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
A
|-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3---|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E Q E +Q Q E Q E
|------5-----5-5-----5---|---(5)--5-----5----5-------5-------||
|------2-----2-2-----2---|---(2)--2-----2----2-------2------o||
|------2-----2-2-----2---|---(2)--2-----2----2-------2-------||
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---0--------------------|----------------------------------o||
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| a Q Q Q Q a Q Q S E. +Q
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-5s3--2-----3---5-------|-5s=3---2-----0h2----(2)----------o||
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths