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Black and Blue was a big hit in Australia for Chain
in the early 1970s. if you read the ABC site
(http:www.abc.net.aulongwayartist_indexchain.htm)
it says that .....Chain were the first band, and to date the only band,
to go to No.1 with a blues song.
.
The main riff | * final trail off
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-3-3-----------------6-3-|---3-----------|------------------------------------
(just bass drum and chains)
verse 1
you work me so hard that my back's near broke (chorus chants "we're
groaning" after each line)
my brow is wet and my throat's a-choke
you send me here for 10 long years
I miss my whisky and I miss my beer
ain't seen a gal since I don't know when
and the way you treat me won't see one again
(band comes in - lead and bass guitar play main riff in G)
verse 2
you broke my head cos I sat on a guard
so don't make me no better you just make me hard
your water stinks cos it comes from a bog
and that slop you feed us ain't fit for a dog
(chorus)
C
well you can tease me and try to break me
D
and still I spit at you
Eb
you'll never break my spirit, even when my
D
body's black and blue
(harp solo - indicates 1 bar of 4 beats)
C C G G D Eb D (8 trail offs - ie hit D barre chord slide
down and mute)
(guitar solo)
band plays 2 bars of main riff - then stops)
(just bass drum and chains)
verse 3
well in my arm there's a dreadful pain
it's hard diggin ditches with a ball and chain
you send me here for 10 long years
I miss my whisky and I miss my beer
(band comes in and plays main riff)
repeat verse 2
repeat chorus
band plays shortened version of main riff 4 times,
NB instead of last bar of main riff play 4 final trail offs * (see above)
then crescendo and finish