e: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 01:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: «R. McPherson»
Subject: m/myles_alannah/black_velvet.crd
Title: Black Velvet
Artist: Allanah Myles
Transcribed: [email protected]
Notes: The recording is tuned a half-step flat (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
but I am writing this as if in standard tuning.
It doesn’t sound good in standard tuning to me though.
Please correct the chords if you hear more precise alternates.
Intro: [whispering unintelligible phrase «..? you enjoy yourself all day..?»]
E (with blues fills)
Mmmmm mmmm oooooo (ad lib)
E
Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
Jammy Rogers on electro up high
Mamas dancing — baby on her shoulder
The sun is setting like molasses in the sky
B A
The boy could sing and knew how to move — everything
G D
Always wanting more — it leaves you longing for
A D
Chorus: Black Velvet in that little boy’s smile
A G Bm (or D/F# maybe?)
Black Velvet with that slow southern style
A D
A new religion that’ll bring you to your knees
C7 B7 (no chord) E
Black Velvet — if you please
Up in Memphis the music is like a heat wave
White Lightnin’ — bound to drive you wild
Mamas baby is in the heart of every school girl
Love me Tender leaves em cryin’ in the isles
The way he moved it was a sin — so sweet and true
Always wanting more it leaves you longing for
-CHORUS-
A B E
Every word of every song that he sang is for you
A G C7 B7 (no chord) E
In a flash he was gone — it happened so soon — what could you do?
-solo-
-CHORUS- 2x
fade out on E with blues fills ( vocals repeat «if you please»)
