Black
Mamba
Words and
music by IAN ANDERSON from Dot Com
Transcription
by Peter Dawson
All
corrections most welcome
7:4 timing in
introduction & verses? Set out as 1 bar 4:4 then 2 bars 3:4
then
one bar 4:4
“Intro
1”
|
Em D
Em
Bm Em
|Bm Em
2
times
|1 &
3 |2
& 4
|0-2-3-0-2-3-0---|7---5-------|3---3-------|2---2-3-2---0---||2-0-2-3-5---7---|
|0-2-3-0-2-3-0---|8---7-------|5---5-------|3---3-------0---||3-----------5---|
|0-2-3-0-2-3-0---|9---7-------|4---4-------|4---4-------0---||4-----------4---|
|----------------|------------|------------|------------2---||----------------|
|----------------|------------|------------|----------------||----------------|
|----------------|------------|------------|----------------||----------------|
“Intro 2”
|
Dm G5
Dm
G6?
G5 G6? G5
2
times
|1 &
3 |2
& 4
|----------------|5---3--------|1---1-------|0---0-1-0-------||0---0-1-3----|
|----------------|6---3--------|3---3-------|3---3-----3-3---||3-3-------3--|
|----------------|7---0--------|2---2-------|0---0-------0---||0---------0--|
|----------------|-------------|------------|----------------||-------------|
|----------------|-------------|------------|----------------||-------------|
|3-5-6-3-5-6-3---|-------------|------------|------------3---||----------3--|
Verse 1
4 Times
|
Gm F
Gm
F
Gm |
||----------------|------------|------------|------------------||
||----------------|3---1-------|------------|------------------||
||----------------|3---2-------|3---3-------|2---2—3—2-0-3-----||
||----------------|5---3-------|5---5-------|3---3-------5-----||
||----------------|------------|5---5-------|3---3-------5-----||
||3-5-6-3-5-6-3---|------------|------------|------------------||
Hand in the
snake pit black mamba chase.
Head through the
lion’s cage head on a plate.
Two feet on the
hot coals last dance at the ball.
Blindfold on the
tight rope whenever you call.
Chorus 4:4
|C
/ / / |C /
/ / |Bь / /
/ |A / / / |
Be my slippery slider. Black mamba crawl
over me
|Gm
/ / / |Gm /
/ / |Bь / /
/ |Bb / / / |
|C
/ / / |C /
/ / |Gm Am Bb Dm
|C(notes:d c bьg |Gm
To “Intro 2”
then “Intro
1” (without repeat)
then Verse 2
(see Verse 1 tablature).
Verse 2
Dark thoughts
of the sleepless - hung out to dry.
Slip through
the bed clothes - unblinking eye.
Long tongue
flickering – fixed stare grip.
Sweet
venomous potion – held to my lip.
Chorus
To “Intro 2”
“Middle 8”
x2
Am
C
D
Am
C D
||----------------|----3---2-------|----------------|----3-----5-7---||
||----------------|3/5---5---3-----|----5-----------|3/5---5b7-------||
||------5---------|------------2---|------5---------|----------------||
||5-7-7—--7-------|----------------|5-7--—5-7-------|----------------||
||5---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
1.
A delicate
whisper
Oh a sibilant hiss
2.
Soft strike
teasing
Dangerous bliss
Flute
solo x2
Bm
|2.
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||----|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||----|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||----|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||----|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||----|
||5-7-7---7-----\5|----------------|5-7-7---7-----\5|----------------||----|
Bridge
from flute solo to verse
|----------------|2---0-------|------------|----------------|
|0-2-3-0-2-3-0---|3---2-------|3---3-------|2---2-3-2-------|
|----------------|4---2-------|4---4-------|2---2-------4---|
|-----------------------------|4---4-------|2---2-------4---|
|----------------|------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------|------------|----------------|
Verse 1 again
Finish with
“Intro 2” repeated