There is some disturbing things about Black and White. Most obvious
are the cryptic and ominous lyrics, but there are some unsettling
musical elements, too. The verse is phrased in odd-lengthed chunks: 2
3-bar phrases ("Stick to your guns" and "Diamonds are...", then a 2-bar
phrase ("Nobody knows..."). It finally catches up to the ear's
expection of regular 4-bar phrases at the word "...seen", where the
listener is allowed some temporary relief. The net effect is a vague
feeling that something is not quite right ("What's wrong with this
picture??")

I realized while listening to the studio version of this song that
most of the guitar in this heavy guitar song... isn't a guitar! It's
Roger Powell's clavinet, amplified and recorded much like a distorted
electric guitar. Except for the intro, fills and solo, the clavinet is
mixed much louder than the rhythm guitar.

When you see something like "(*2)", see the corresponding note at the
bottom.

=================================================================

Black And White


intro:

  E--|0----000|---0---0|--------|0-------|        oo
  B--|0----000|---0---0|--------|0-------|    |1||||
  G--|2----245|---7---9|--------|7-------|    ||||||  The magic chord
  D--|2----245|---7---9|--------|7-------|    ||34||  form used in the
  A--|0----023|---5---7|--------|5-------|    ||||||  intro and chorus.
  E--|--------|--------|--------|--------|
      A     BC    D   Em         D

  E--|--------|--------|--------|--------|
  B--|--                      --|33-2----|
  G--|--   Same as above      --|44-2----|
  D--|--                      --|44-2----|
  A--|--                      --|22-0----|
  E--|--------|--------|--------|--------|
                                 Bm A


(*1:verse)

  E
  Stick to your guns - Diamonds are a girl's best friend
                                           A
  Nobody knows the trouble this poor boy's seen
                         E        Bm   A
  People will believe anything


  Man on the run -  Always gets it in the end
  Nobody cares 'cause nobody shares his dream
  People don't believe anything

(2*)
  D
  Everything is changed
  C             G         A
  Everything is still the same
  (riff - see below)      G/A     Em7  F#m7  G
  It's just a part of the game

  Blood on the moon -  Patterns running across the floor
  A musical inside a movie inside a dream
  Guess you can believe anything

  Everything is changed
  Everything is still the same
  It's all a part of the game

(*3)
  G/A        A
  Mama Papa, boys and girls
  G/A            A
  Holding hands around the world
  G/A                A
  Wrong is wrong and right is right
  G/A             A          A  B  C  D  Em  D
  Nothing changes overnight
       A               B C     D   Em               D
  I'll believe it when I see it in black and white
       C                           B         Em      Bm  A
  I'll believe it when I see it in black and white


  Tell me the truth
  Nobody leaves here alive
  In the black core of doubt trying to get out in the light
  Sometimes you can't see anything

  Everyone is changed
  Everyone is still the same
  They can't get out of the game


======================================================================

(*1)
            Stick to your guns...

 E--|--------|--------|00-0----|
 B--|--------|--------|00-0--20|
 G--|0--0-0-0|--------|------20|  repeat
 D--|0--0-0-0|--------|--------|
 A--|4--2-4-5|--------|--------|
 E--|--------|--------|--------|

    Nobody know the trouble...  People will believe...

 E--|--------|--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|
 B--|--------|-------2|--------|3---2---|0-------|33-2----|
 G--|0--0-0-0|---0-0-2|--------|0---2---|0-------|44-2----|
 D--|0--0-0-0|---0-0-2|--------|4---2---|2-------|44-2----|
 A--|4--2-4-5|---4-2-0|--------|0---0---|2-------|22-0----|
 E--|--------|--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|


(*2)
            Everything has changed...     It's just a part...

E--|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|- - 7 - - 9 - - |10- -
B--|-----077|-----055|--------|2-------|-0232320|- - 8 - - 10- - |12- -
G--|-----077|-----055|----4---|2-------|-0232320|- - 7 - - 9 - - |12- -
D--|-----077|-----055|----5---|2-------|-0232320|- - - - - - - - |- - -
A--|------55|------33|----5---|0-------|-0000000|- - - - - - - - |- - -
E--|--------|--------|----3---|--------|--------|- - 0 - - 0 - - |0 - -


(*3)
     Mama papa, boys and girls... (also guitar solo)

 E--|--------|--------|
 B--|0-----32|--------|
 G--|0-----02|--------|   (repeat 4 times, then intro riff)
 D--|0-----42|--------|
 A--|0-----00|--------|
 E--|--------|--------|



Notes:

This message should be displayed in a mono-spaced font such as Courier.
Don't use a proportional spaced font or the the chord diagrams and tabs
will appear out of alignment and won't make sense.

The letter to the left of the slash in chord names like "A/D" refers
to a triad, and the letter to the right refers to the bass note only.

The horizontal dashes in the tablature diagram correspond to 8th notes
unless otherwise indicated. In some places I've added a space between
the dashes in order to indicate frets higher than the 9th. The song
remains in 4/4 time throughout.

If you see any mistakes, or have any corrections or alternate ways of
playing any of my tabs, I'd love to hear from you. Please email me at
lsprague@user1.channel1.com or l.sprague@bull.com


Last revised 3:59pm Saturday, March 08, 1997



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