Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones

Version 3 of 14
Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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CAPO

2nd Fret

TUNING

Standard –      

CHORDS

Dm      x x 0 2 3 1
A       x 0 2 2 2 0
F       1 3 3 2 1 1
C       x 3 2 0 1 0
G       3 2 0 0 0 3

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[Intro]

N.C.

|   |   |

[Verse 1]

            
   I see a red

             
 door and I wa

nt it painted 

black
            
   No colours 

            
anymore, I wan

t them to turn

 black

[Chorus 1]

           
   I see the g

             
irls walk by d

       
ressed in thei

r summer cloth

es
           
   I have to t

             
urn my head un

             
til my darknes

   
s goes

[Verse 2]

            
   I see a lin

              
e of cars and 

 
they’re all pa

inted black
            
   With flower

              
s and my love 

      
both never to 

come back

[Chorus 2]

            
   I see peopl

             
e turn their h

         
eads and quick

ly look away
            
   Like a new 

            
born baby it j

             
ust happens ev

     
ery day

[Verse 3]

            
   I look insi

              
de myself and 


see my heart i

s black
            
   I see my re

              
d door, I must

 
 have it paint

ed black

[Chorus 3]

            
   Maybe then 

            
I'll fade away

      
 and not have 

to face the fa

cts
            
   It's not ea

            
sy facing up w

             
hen your whole

           
 world is blac

k

[Verse 4]

            
   No more wil

              
l my green sea

    
 go turn a dee

per blue
            
   I could not

              
 foresee this 

      
thing happenin

g to you

[Chorus 4]

           
   If I look h

            
ard enough int


o the setting 

sun
            
   My love wil

             
l laugh with m

            
e before the m

        
orning comes

[Verse 5]

            
   I see a red

             
 door and I wa

nt it painted 

black
            
   No colours 

            
anymore, I wan

t them to turn

 black

[Chorus 5]

           
   I see the g

             
irls walk by d

       
ressed in thei

r summer cloth

es
           
   I have to t

             
urn my head un

             
til my darknes

   
s goes

[Outro]

            
   Hmm, hmm, h

              
mm, hmm, hmm, 

          
hmm, hmm, hmm,

 hmm, hmm, hmm

, hmm-mm
            
   Hmm, hmm, h

              
mm, hmm, hmm, 

          
hmm, hmm, hmm,

 hmm, hmm, hmm

, hmm-mm
            
   Hmm, hmm, h

              
mm, hmm, hmm, 

          
hmm, hmm, hmm,

 hmm, hmm, hmm

, hmm-mm
            
   Hmm, hmm, h

              
mm, hmm, hmm, 

          
hmm, hmm, hmm,

 hmm, hmm, hmm

, hmm

              
I wanna see it

 
 painted, pain

ted black

Black as night

, black as coa

l
            
I wanna see th

              
e sun, blotted

 
 out from the 

sky
              
I wanna see it

 
 painted, pain

ted, painted
        
Painted black,

 yeah!

            
   Hmm, hmm, h

              
mm, hmm, hmm, 

          
hmm, hmm, hmm,

 hmm, hmm, hmm

, hmm-mm
            
   Hmm, hmm, h

              
mm, hmm, hmm, 

          
hmm, hmm, hmm,

 hmm, hmm, hmm

, hmm-mm
(Repeat to fade)