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Black Planet

The Sisters of Mercy
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

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From: cy888@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul Thompson)

Subject: REPOST: Sisters of Mercy, Various

>THE SISTERS OF MERCY - "Black Planet"

>Comments, corrections etc. welcome.

>Par Svensson, t89par@tdb.uu.se

I find this riff a little easier to play than all the stretching in the

previous version:

Main riffs:

e ---5---0-------------------|
B ----------6--------0-------|
G -------------7--6----------|
D -7---7---------------7-----|
A ---------------------------|
E ---------------------------|
>e -------------------------3---1-0---|
>B -0/1-1--0/1-1--1/3-3-3-3---3-------|
>G -----------------------------------|
>D -----------------------------------|
>A -----------------------------------|
>E -----------------------------------|

>A twelve string guitar plays, at "Run around in the radiation":

>e -0-1-----0--0-1-----0--0-1-----0--0-1-----0---|
>B ---------------------------1----------1-------|
>G -----2-2--------2-2----------2----------2-----|
>D ----------------------------------------------|
>A ----------------------------------------------|
>E ----------------------------------------------|

>...and an Am Gm F pattern at "So still, so dark..."

>Listen where to play the respective part. Not that tricky.

>The chords are pretty easy, simply Am F in the intro, Am D in

>the verses, and Am F in the chorus.

>There are several guitars playing on the record. To play it on just

>one guitar, the following blend of the chords & riffs can be used

>(leave the notes ringing for as long as possible) :

>For the Am F pattern :

>e ---0---0----1---0----------|
>B ------------1-------3-1-0--|
>G -2---2---2--2-2---2--------|
>D -2----------3--------------|
>A -0-------------------------|
>E ---------------------------|

>, and for the Am D one :

>e -------------------------------------------------------------|
>B -0/1-1-1--1-1-1--0/1-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3-3--3-3-3--3---1---0---|
>G -2---2-2--2-2-2--2---2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--3---1---0---|
>D -2---2-2--2-2-2--2---2-2--2-2-2--2-0-0-0--0-0-0--2-2---2-----|
>A -0---0-0--0-0-0--0---0-0--0-0-0--0---------------0-0---0-----|
>E -------------------------------------------------------------|

>(The rhythm of this can look difficult to follow, however it will

>hopefully make sense when you listen to the song.)

>In the western sky, My kingdom come

>So still so dark all over Europe

>And I ride down the highway 101

>By the side of the ocean headed for sunset

>For the kingdom come

>for the

>CHORUS

>Black, Black planet

>Black, Black world

>(repeat)

>Run around in the radiation

>Run around in the acid rain

>On a

>Black, Black planet

>Black planet hanging over the highway

>Out of my mind's eye

>Out of the memory

>Black world out of my mind

>So still so dark all over Europe

>And the rainbow rises here

>In the western sky

>The kill to show for

>At the end of the great white pier

>I see a

>CHORUS

>Run around in the radiation

>Tune in turn on burn out in the acid rain on a..

>CHORUS

>(repeat to fade)

>(Lyrics transcribed by Corey W. Nelson)

I happened to have FALAA on tonight, and got inspired to figure out

what he's *really* playing. Close to what I had, but not exactly.

(It's almost exactly what I'd had about two revisions ago... :) Here's

the Real Thing.

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Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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