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Blue On Black chords by Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

D5
Csus2
G/B
G
A
F

Intro 1

D5

Csus2

G/B

G

D5

Csus2

G/B

G

Verse 1
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Night... falls    and I'm alone
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Skin... yeah, chill    me    to the bone
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Csus2 
You... turned   and   you ran (oh yeah)
G/B 
G 
D5 
Oh, slipped
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Right    from my hand
Csus2 
G/B 
G 

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Chorus 1
D5 
Hey, blue on black
Tears on a river
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
Push     on a shove, it don't mean much
D5 
Joker on Jack
Match on a fire
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
Cold     on ice, a dead man's touch
D5 
Whisper on a scream
Csus2 
G/B 
Doesn't  change a thing
G 
A 
G 
Don't bring you back
D5 
Blue on black
Csus2 
G/B 
(Oh Yeah)
G 
D5 
Blue on black
Csus2 
G/B 
G 

Verse 2
D5 
Blind...
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Oh, now I see
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Truth... lies     and   in be tween
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Wrong... can't    be    un done
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Oh slipped... from     the   tip of your tongue
Csus2 
G/B 
G 

Chorus 2
D5 
Hey, blue on black
Tears on a river
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
Push     on a shove, it don't mean much
D5 
Joker on Jack
Match on a fire
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
Cold     on ice, a dead man's touch
D5 
Whisper on a scream
Csus2 
G/B 
Doesn't  change a thing
G 
A 
G 
Don't bring you back
D5 
Blue on black
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Oh,      blue on black
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
(Oh,     yeah)

Solo 1
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
F 
G 
F 
G 

Chorus 3
D5 
blue on black
Tears on a river
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
Push     on a shove, it don't mean much
D5 
Joker on Jack
Match on a fire
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
Cold     on ice, a dead man's touch
D5 
Whisper on a scream
Csus2 
G/B 
Doesn't  change a thing
G 
A 
G 
Don't bring you back
D5 
Blue on black
Csus2 
G/B 
(Oh yeah)
G 
D5 
Blue on black
Csus2 
G/B 
G 

Chorus 4
D5 
Hey, blue on black
Tears on a river
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
Push     on a shove, it don't mean much
D5 
Joker on Jack
Match on a fire
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
Cold     on ice, a dead man's touch
D5 
Whisper on a scream
Csus2 
G/B 
Doesn't  change a thing
G 
A 
G 
Don't bring you back
D5 
Blue on black
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Oh,      blue on black
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Oh,      blue on black
Csus2 
G/B 
G 
D5 
Oh,      blue on black
Csus2 
G/B 

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0

D5
Csus2
G/B
G
A
F

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: D minorBPM: 78

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

D5: x-5-7-x-x-x
Csus2: x-3-0-0-1-x
G/B: x-2-0-0-0-3
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

F is one of the chords beginners ask about the most. A short walkthrough on how to fret it cleanly and switch in and out of it. Learn the F chord

Sus2 and sus4 swap the third in a chord for a second or fourth. The sus course covers the shapes and how to drop them into a progression. Practice sus chords

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This is the definitive original version of Blue On Black by Kenny Wayne Shepherd, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of D minor. It suits players who want to learn Blue On Black the way Kenny Wayne Shepherd intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

Blue On Black

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