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Paint It Black chords
The Rolling Stones
Opening, single pick each string
high E(open) E(2nd fret) E(3rd fret) E(5th fret) E(3rd fret) E(2nd fret) E(open)
E(open) hammer E(2nd fret) E(open) B(4th fret)
Or just the chords
Em B7
Em B7
I see a red door and I want it painted black
Em B7
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
Em D G D Em
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
Em D G D A7 B7
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Em B7
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
Em B7
With flowers and my love both never to come back
Em D G D Em
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Em D G D A7 B7
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day
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Em B7
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
Em B7
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Em D G D Em
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
Em D G D A7 B7
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
Em B7
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
Em B7
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
Em D G D Em
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
Em D G D A7 B7
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
Em B7
I see a red door and I want it painted black
Em B7
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
Em D G D Em
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
Em D G D A7 B7
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Em B7
Hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm
Em B7
Hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm,hmm
Em
I wanna see it painted, painted black
B7
Black as night, black as coal
Em B7
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
Em B7
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black Yeah!
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