• Song:

    Black Sheep Of The Family

  • Artist:

    Rainbow

  • Album:

    Ritchie Blackmore's Rai...

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

Intro:
G-----------------------
D-----------------------
A-5~---3~---------------
E-------------5~---1~---

Verse:
G---------------------
D------5-5--------5-5-
A---------------------
E-33--------33--------
(3x), then

G-------------------
D------5-5----------
A------------2-3-4--
E-33----------------

G-----------------------------------------------5-5----------5---
D------5-5--------5------3-3--------3----------------------------
A------------------------------------------33---------33---------
E-33--------33-----11--------11----------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------
D------5-5--------5-------5-5---------5---
A-----------------------------------------
E-33-------33--------33---------33--------


G--------------------------------------------------5-5----------5---
D------5-5---------5-------7-7---------7----------------------------
A---------------------------------------------33---------33---------
E-33--------33-------55---------55----------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------
D------5-5--------5-------5-5---------5---
A-----------------------------------------
E-33-------33--------33---------33--------

Chorus:
“So fortune shine your light on me”
G---------------------------------------------
D------3----------------------5-5---------5---
A---3----------5------------------------------
E-1--------0------3-0---33----------33--------
Play from “So fortune shine your light on me” 3 times, then play

“I’m the black sheep of the family”
G----------------------------5-5----------5--
D------3-3--------3--------------------------
A-----------------------33--------33---------
E-11---------11------------------------------

Repeat verse and chorus one time, then play

“Don’t talk to me about society” 
G-----------------------7-----------------------
D--------------------7----7----5-5--------------
A--------3------5--------------------7-7-5-5-3--
E-5--3------3-----------------------------------

“You’ve got to play the rules or pay the penalty”
G-------------------------
D-------------------------
A-----7--------7--5-55----
E-5~------55~-------------

“Because there’s nothing to choose between a hand full of blues, double indemnity” 
G---------------------------------------
D------------------------5~-------------
A------------5-55-5~--------7~--5~--3~--
E-3-33-3--------------------------------

G---------------------
D------5-5--------5-5-
A---------------------
E-33--------33--------
(3x), then

G----------------------------
D------5-5-------------------
A------------2-3-4--4-5-6-7--
E-33-------------------------

The third verse is played like this

G-----------------------------------------------7-7----------7---
D------7-7--------7------5-5--------5----------------------------
A------------------------------------------55---------55---------
E-55--------55------33--------33---------------------------------

G------------------------------------------
D------7-7--------7--------7-7---------7---
A------------------------------------------
E-55--------55--------55---------55--------


G--------------------------------------------------7-7----------7--
D------7-7--------7-------9-9---------9----------------------------
A---------------------------------------------55---------55--------
E-55--------55------77---------77----------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------
D------7-7-------7----------7-7----------7---
A--------------------------------------------
E-55--------55--------55---------55----------

Repeat whole chorus 2x, then keep on repeating from where it say’s “I’m the black sheep of the family” until the end of the song.

This is a great song that Ritchie Blackmore did with a band called elf, which later became Rainbow, the song is a cover originally done by a band called Quatermass, and it was released on “Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow”.
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