BLACK MASQUERADE by Ritchie Blackmore?s Rainbow, from Stranger in
us all
INTRO:
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VERSE:
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CHORUS:
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play this section 2 x
(watch for extended last two notes, when you play the second time)
BRIDGE:
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SOLO:
1.PART: ACOUSTIC GUITAR - LEAD
1.git: acoustic solo
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2.PART: KEYBOARD - LEAD
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3.PART: ELECTRIC GUITAR - LEAD
1.git: electric solo
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VERSE:
(only the second half of the reguler verse)
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CHORUS:
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1.git:
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(watch out for the change at the last note)
END: (of the STUDIO VERSION)
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END: (of the LIVE VERSION)
(play the "-SECTION" as often as you want to,
then play extendend last two notes, to start this ending section)
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E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
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LYRICS:
1.VERSE:
AmDmGAm
I know the key to secrets never told,
GE
they?re hidden in your soul
AmDmGAm
Feelings you hide never wanting me to find
GE
they?ve always been mine
DmAm
Release all the madness within,
Am
let it all begin
DmCE
Now you?ll see, the dark side of me
CHORUS:
AmGm
In our BLACK MASQUERADE
AmGE
Let the moonlight surround you
ADmG
ooooh ooooh
AmGE
The game that we play
Am Am G G F F E E(this is the BRIDGE)
is the BLACK MASQUERADE
2.VERSE:
AmDmGAm
The full moon unmasks the stranger in us all
GE
and the cruel world takes its toll
AmDmGAm
The shadow is cast on who you used to be,
GE
let me set you free
DmAm
Come on now, come take my hand,
Am
then you?ll understand
DmCE
We?ll go to that forbidden land
CHORUS:
AmGm
of our BLACK MASQUERADE
AmGE
Let the moonlight surround you
ADmG
ooooh ooooh
1AmGE
The game that we play
F (this is the first tune of the SOLO)
is the BLACK MASQUERADE
SOLO:
3.VERSE: (just the second part of a verse)
DmAm
Release all the madness within,
Am
let it all begin
DmCE
We ?ll go to that forbidden land
END-CHORUS:
AmGm
come let me take you there
AmGE
Let the moonlight surround you
ADmG
ooooh ooooh
Am G B (this is the CHANGE)
don?t be afraid
EmDB
it?s the BLACK MASQUERADE
EmDB
BLACK MASQUERADE
EmDB
BLACK MASQUERADE (FADE ?TIL END)
(or use the LIVE FINISH)
EmDB
The game that we play
EmEm7)
is the BLACK MASQUERADE
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