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".
Bass Tablature
Riff #1
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-------|----5-----------5---7-5-----|------------------|-5----------------|
-------|--7---7-5---5-7---7-----7---|-5-7--------------|---7--------------|
-------|----------7-----------------|------------------|------------------|

This riff is repeated twice before every verse

Riff #2
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-------|----------------------------|-  X   Many
-------|---5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------|-  X   Times
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The first three lines of the verse are sung over this riff

Riff #3
         Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
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-------|------------------------4-------------------------------|
-------|--7--5-------5------5--------7---5----7-----------------|
-------|--------7--------7--------------------------------------|

 

         that I'm free, free to be me.                                X2
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-------|------------------------------|-*-|--------------------------|-*-|
-------|-5----------------------------|-*-|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------|-*-|
-------|-------7---5--3---------------|---|--------------------------|---|

 

        Black night is a long way from home.
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-------|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-----7--7--7---|

This is played over the last three lines as I have tryed to show

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Black night is not right,
I don't feel so bright,
I don't care to sit tight.
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
that I'm free, free to be me.
Black night is a long way from home.

I don't need a dark tree,
I don't want a rough sea,
I can't feel, I can't see.
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
that I'm free, free to be me.
Black night is a long way from home.

Black night, black night,
I don't need black night,
I can't see dark night.
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
that I'm free, free to be me.
Black night is a long way from home.