Biography:
Gino Vannelli (born 16 June 1952 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian singer/songwriter of Italian ancestry.
From a musical family, his father was a big band musician. Gino Vannelli played drums at a young age and after finishing high school studied musical theory at McGill University.
He eventually went to Los Angeles, California where he signed with Herb Alpert's A&M Records, releasing his first album with that record label in 1973. Gino's brother, Joe, served as arranger and keyboardist for most of his recording career.
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Other songs:
- A Good Thing
- A Little Bit Of Judas
- A Song And A Dance
- A Woman Crossed In Love
- Appaloosa
- Black And Blue
- Black Cars
- Brother To Brother
- Canto
- Cherizar
- Come To The Well
- Constantly Constantine
- Crazy Life
- Cry Baby
- Dont Give Up On Me
- Eastwest World
- Evermore
- Evil Eye
- Father And Son
- Feel Like Flying
- Felicia
- Fly Into This Night
- Gypsy Days
- Hollywood Holiday
- Hurts To Be In Love
- I Believe
- I Just Wanna Stop
- If I Should Lose This Love
- Its Over
- Jojo
- Keep On Walking
- Knight Of The Road
- Lady
- Last Dance
- Last Days Of Summer
- Living Inside Myself
- Love And Emotion
- Love Is A Night
- Love Me Now
- Mardi Gras
- Moon Over Madness
- Night Drive
- Nightwalker
- Omens Of Love
- Other Man
- Parole Per Mio Padre
- People I Belong To
- Persona Non Grata
- Put The Weight On My Shoulders
- River Must Flow
- Sally She Says The Sweetest Things
- Shame
- Slow Love
- Storm At Sunup
- Summers Of My Life
- Sunset On La
- The Jokers Wild
- The Last Dance
- The Surest Things Can Change
- The Wheels Of Life
- Theres No Time
- This Day On
- Total Stranger
- Ugly Man
- Unbearably Blue
- Valleys Of Valhalla
- Venus Envy
- Walter Whitman Where Are You
- Where Am I Going
- Wild Horses
- Words Can Kill
- You Owe It To Yourself
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BLACK AND BLUE
a beautiful composition recorded entirely with
an orchestral accompaniment--
with some real monster chord changes--
it still sounds great on guitar!
Chords used:
E7+9+5: 0-7-6-7-8-8
F#7+9+5:
E7-9+5:
B7+9+5/F#:
C#7+9+11:
Db7+9+11:
INTRO:
Am9/D Am9/D Abm9/C# Gm9/C
do do do do dud den do
Gm9/6/C C9(add13)
do do do duddy duddy doo
Bm7-5 E13-9 E7+5-9 Amaj9 E7-9
do do do dwa-----ay a dah dah dn oo-ooh
E7+5+9 E7+5-9 Am9
do do dum do da dway ay doh oh
F#7+5+9 Bm7-5 Fmaj7/Bb
wa da da dwaaay dwah doh
Db7+9+11 C7+9 B7+9 B7-9 B+5
Waaah ah oooh
Verse:
Em(add9) B7+5+9 /F# Eadd9/G#
Feelin' light and low
Cmaj7/D D9 C9 B7+9 B7-9
Like no thin I've felt before
Emaj9 B7+5+9/F# Eadd9/G#
My woman' s black, but now she's blue
Cmaj7/D C#9 Cmaj7
And I'm wond er rin just what to do
C#7+9 F#7-5
(The day is new)
Chorus:
F#m/B G#m/B
A motor-city love affair
Cmaj13-5 B7+5/C B7-9 B7
In the heat of the night
Bm7/E C#m7/E
A woman dark and debonair
G#m7-5 C#7+9+11
Too hard to re sist
F#m7-5 B7+9+11
The moment you've kissed
Verse:
Emadd9 B7+5+9/F# B7-9/F# Eadd9/G#
Feelin' good, feelin' down
Cmaj7/D D9 C9 B7+9
Reper cussions of a heavy heart
F13
(Torn apart)
Emaj9 Am7-5/F#
The summer night is hot
Eadd9/G# Fmaj7/G C#9
But soon turns cold -o -o -o -o old
Cmaj9
Like a winter's song
C#7+9+11 F#7-5
(When something's wrong)
Chorus:
F#m/B G#m/B
Oo ooo ooo
Cmaj9 B7+9
ooo ooooo oooo
Bm7/E C#m7/E
ooo oooo oooooo
G#m7-5 C#7+9+11
Too hard to re sist
F#m7-5 B7+9+11
The moment you've kissed
Verse:
Emaj9 B7+5+9/F# Eadd9/G#
Oh lady black! Please don't be blue
Fmaj7/G C#9 Cmaj9
Wa-ash the midni-i-ight with the morning dew
C#7+9+11 F#7+5-9
(The day is new) hew
Am9/D Am9/D Abm9/C# Gm9/C
do do do do dud den do
Gm9/6/C C9(add13)
do do do duddy duddy doo
Bm7-5 E13-9 E7-9 Amaj9 E7-9
do do do dwa-----ay a dah dah dn oo-ooh
E7+5+9 E7+5-9 Am9
do do dum do da dway ay doh doh
F7+5+9 Bm7-5 Fmaj7/Bb
wa da da dwayayay wah weeeeeeey........
transcribed by Peter Kruger
[email protected]
a beautiful composition recorded entirely with
an orchestral accompaniment--
with some real monster chord changes--
it still sounds great on guitar!
Chords used:
E7+9+5: 0-7-6-7-8-8
F#7+9+5:
E7-9+5:
B7+9+5/F#:
C#7+9+11:
Db7+9+11:
INTRO:
Am9/D Am9/D Abm9/C# Gm9/C
do do do do dud den do
Gm9/6/C C9(add13)
do do do duddy duddy doo
Bm7-5 E13-9 E7+5-9 Amaj9 E7-9
do do do dwa-----ay a dah dah dn oo-ooh
E7+5+9 E7+5-9 Am9
do do dum do da dway ay doh oh
F#7+5+9 Bm7-5 Fmaj7/Bb
wa da da dwaaay dwah doh
Db7+9+11 C7+9 B7+9 B7-9 B+5
Waaah ah oooh
Verse:
Em(add9) B7+5+9 /F# Eadd9/G#
Feelin' light and low
Cmaj7/D D9 C9 B7+9 B7-9
Like no thin I've felt before
Emaj9 B7+5+9/F# Eadd9/G#
My woman' s black, but now she's blue
Cmaj7/D C#9 Cmaj7
And I'm wond er rin just what to do
C#7+9 F#7-5
(The day is new)
Chorus:
F#m/B G#m/B
A motor-city love affair
Cmaj13-5 B7+5/C B7-9 B7
In the heat of the night
Bm7/E C#m7/E
A woman dark and debonair
G#m7-5 C#7+9+11
Too hard to re sist
F#m7-5 B7+9+11
The moment you've kissed
Verse:
Emadd9 B7+5+9/F# B7-9/F# Eadd9/G#
Feelin' good, feelin' down
Cmaj7/D D9 C9 B7+9
Reper cussions of a heavy heart
F13
(Torn apart)
Emaj9 Am7-5/F#
The summer night is hot
Eadd9/G# Fmaj7/G C#9
But soon turns cold -o -o -o -o old
Cmaj9
Like a winter's song
C#7+9+11 F#7-5
(When something's wrong)
Chorus:
F#m/B G#m/B
Oo ooo ooo
Cmaj9 B7+9
ooo ooooo oooo
Bm7/E C#m7/E
ooo oooo oooooo
G#m7-5 C#7+9+11
Too hard to re sist
F#m7-5 B7+9+11
The moment you've kissed
Verse:
Emaj9 B7+5+9/F# Eadd9/G#
Oh lady black! Please don't be blue
Fmaj7/G C#9 Cmaj9
Wa-ash the midni-i-ight with the morning dew
C#7+9+11 F#7+5-9
(The day is new) hew
Am9/D Am9/D Abm9/C# Gm9/C
do do do do dud den do
Gm9/6/C C9(add13)
do do do duddy duddy doo
Bm7-5 E13-9 E7-9 Amaj9 E7-9
do do do dwa-----ay a dah dah dn oo-ooh
E7+5+9 E7+5-9 Am9
do do dum do da dway ay doh doh
F7+5+9 Bm7-5 Fmaj7/Bb
wa da da dwayayay wah weeeeeeey........
transcribed by Peter Kruger
[email protected]
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