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Black Night

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

A single from 1970. Recorded during the "In Rock" sessions. 
Now included on the remastered CD of "In Rock".

A      B5     G
0      #      3
2      #      3
2      4      4
2      4      5
0      2      5
#      #      3

intro
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main riff                             Verse riff
E
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-2---2-0---0-2---2-----2---0-2-----2- -----------------
---------2--------------------------- -5-7---7---7---7-
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(1)black night is not right i dont feel so bright dont care to sit tight
(2)dont need a dark tree i dont want a rough sea i cant feel i cant see
(3)black night black night i dont need black night i cant see dark light

chorus          
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-2-0---0---0-4-2-0-2-0---
-----2---2-------------2-
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maybe ill find on the way down the line that im free

G            E
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             ----------------------------------12----------12----15b17-
             ----------12----12-14-12-12-14b15-------14b15-------------
             -------12----14-------------------------------------------
             -12s14----------------------------------------------------
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free to be me

A                G             B5(wah bar)
black night is a long way from home

Jillian Gleeson