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Rolling Stones-Paint It Black - sr - 150

[Intro riff - no drums - BPM 81]
E --0-2-3-5-3-2-0-0---0-2-(triplet)-(triplet)
B ------------------4-----2h4h55----5p4p24-
G ---------------------------------------
D 2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------
 
[Drum Intro - snare on each quarter note]
2 bars just drums
2 bars + Em (try upward strum rakes to simulate original)

[Verse 1]
Playing sitar line during verse over Em and B section
E -0-------5---------------2----
B -5-5-7-8---8-7-5--5-4--5---5-4
G ------------------4-----------
D ------------------4-----------
A -7----------------2-----------
E ------------------------------
   Em               B 

[Em] I see a red door and I [B] want it painted black.
[Em] No colours anymore I [B] want them to turn black.
(Straight drums in)
[Em] I [D] see the [G] girls walk [D] by dressed 
[Em] in their summer clothes. (Em riff)
[Em] I [D] have to [G] turn my [D] head unt 
[A] il my darkness g [B] oes.

[Verse 2] 
(Drums - snare on each quarter note)
[Em] I see a line of cars and [B] they're all painted black.
[Em] With flowers and my love both [B] never to come back.
(Straight drums in)
[Em] I [D] see people [G] turn their 
[D] heads and [Em] quickly look away. (Em riff)
[Em] Like a [D] newborn [G] baby [D] it just 
[A] happens every [B] day.

[Verse 3] 
(Drums - snare on each quarter note)
[Em] I look inside myself and [B] see my heart is black.
[Em] I see my red door, I must [B] have it painted black
(Straight drums in)
[Em] Maybe [D] then I'll [G] fade a [D] way and 
[Em] not have to face the facts. (Em riff)
[Em] It's not [D] easy [G] facing [D] up when 
[A] your whole world is [B] black.

[Verse 4] 
(Quiet - no drums)
[Em] No more will my green sea go [B] turn a deeper blue.
[Em] I could not forsee this thing [B] happening to you.
(Straight drums in)
[Em] If [D] I look [G] hard en [D] nough in 
[Em] to the setting sun (Em riff)
[Em] My [D] love will [G] laugh with [D] me 
be [A] fore the morning [B] comes.

[Verse 5]
(Drums - snare on each quarter note) 
[Em] I see a red door and I [B] want it painted black.
[Em] No colours anymore I [B] want them to turn black.
(Straight drums in)
[Em] I [D] see the [G] girls walk [D] by dressed 
[Em] in their summer clothes. (Em riff)
[Em] I [D] have to [G] turn my [D] head un
[A] til my darkness [B] goes.

[Outro - marching riff 1xx 1231 - hit each note with thumb]
Em B x 2 - Straight 
Em B - Bring in marching riff - continue until end
Perhaps stop playing chords and concentrate on drumming

[Notes]
[Em-riff] - play 22 with 2 and 3rd fingers so can play other notes easily)
022000 022010 022000 022200 022000

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Kinks-Waterloo Sunset

[Verse 1 - BPM 108]
[Intro riff with bass drum]         
E ---------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------
G -4-444--44--------------------------------------
D ----------7-777-77-6-666-66-4-444-44-2-222-221-111-11--
A -----------------------------------------------------2
E ---------------------------------------------------

[Intro - Full drums]
[E] [B] [A] [A]

[Verse 1]
Dirty old 
[E] river, must you keep 
[B] rolling, rolling in [A] to the night,
People so [E] busy, makes me feel [B] dizzy, 
taxi lights [A] shine so bright, .. But I 

[F#m]don't ..............
[F#mmaj7-243222] ...    need no 
[F#m7]friends, 
[B] As long as I 

[E] gaze on Waterloo [B] sunset 
I am in [A] 
(*Move to play A barred at 5th fret to get ready for descending line)
paradise, ( *[A] sha [G#m] la [F#m] la)
[F#7] Every day I look at the world from my 
[B] window, ( *[A] sha [G#m] la [F#m] la)
[F#7] But chilly, chilly is the evening time,

(drums stop - just bass drum)
[B] Waterloo sun [B/A-x0444x] set's fine, [B/G#-4x444] 
Waterloo sun [Bsus4/F#-22445] set's [B-799877] fi...
[B-799877] i..... [B7] ine), 
 
[Verse 2]
Terry meets [E] Julie, Waterloo 
[B] Station, every [A] Friday night,
But I am so [E] lazy, don't want to 
[B] wander, I stay at [A] home at night, ...But I

[F#m]don't ..............
[F#mmaj7-243222] ...    feel a
[F#m7]fraid 
[B] As long as I 

[E] gaze on Waterloo 
[B] sunset I am in [A] paradise, 
( *[A] sha [G#m] la [F#m] la)
[F#7] Every day I look at the world 
from my [B] window, 
( *[A] sha [G#m] la [F#m] la)
[F#7] But chilly, chilly is the evening time,

(drums stop - just bass drum)
[B] Waterloo sun [B/A-x0444x] set's fine, [B/G#-4x444] 
Waterloo sun [Bsus4/F#-22445] set's [B-799877] fi...
[B-799877] i..... [B7] ine), 
 
[Verse 3]
Millions of 
[E] people swarming like 
[B] flies 'round Waterloo [A] underground,
But Terry and [E] Julie cross over the 
[B] river where they feel [A] safe and sound,
And they 

[F#m]don't ..............
[F#mmaj7-243222] ...    need no 
[F#m7]friends,
[B] As long as they 

[E] gaze on Waterloo 
[B] sunset they are in [A] paradise, 

[Intro again]
[E] [B] [A]

[Outro - Townsend style strums]
[B]
Waterloo sunsets fine - repeat to fade

[End]
[Intro riff]
   A  (S)E             B        A
E -----0-0----0-------------------------0----
B -2-0-x-2-0--0-(0)----4---44---2-2----2-2p0-
G -2-----1----1--x--6--4---44---2-2----2----2
D -2-----2----2--2--6--4---446--4-2----2-----
A -0-----2----2--2--x--2---22-----0----0-----
E -0-----0----------7------------------------

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