The Raconteurs - Many Shades of Black
1. Credit for everything except for the extra chorus riff and a few corrections goes to SWENCE_32.
2. All chords are barred.
Intro
Gm Am Bb Am (X5)
Gm Am Bb (Hold)
Verse
C F
Go ahead, go ahead and smash it on the floor
A Dm
Take whatevers left and take it with you out the door
Gm C
See if I cry, see if I shed a single sorry tear
A Dm E F A
I can't say that its been great, no in fact its been a wasted worried year
Chorus
Eb F A# Am Gm
Everybody sees, and everyone agrees
Cm F Gm D7
That you and I are wrong, and its been that way too long
Eb F A# Am Gm
Take it as it comes, and be thankful when its done
Cm F
Theres so many ways to act
Cm F
Theres so many ways to act
Gm Am Bb Am
And theres many shades of black
Gm Am Bb Am
Theres so many shades of black
Gm Am Bb
Theres so many shades of black
Chorus Riff(This part starts when Brendan says "And there's many shades..." continued to the end of the chorus)e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------6---|G|-------------------------------------------------3-----3-5/7---7-5-7---7-|D|-------------------------------3-----3-3h5-5-3-5---5---------------------|A|-----------1-----1-3/5---5-3-5---5---------------------------------------|E|-3---3-1-3---3-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------6-----6-8/10~~~--6-3~~~-----------------------------------|B|-6-6/8---8-6-8---8-------------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
C F
Let it out, let it all out, say whats on your mind
A Dm
You can kick and scream and shout and say things that are so unkind, Yea
Gm C
See if I care, see if I stand firm or if I fall
A
Cause in the back of mind, and on the tip of my tongue
Dm E F A
Is the answer to it all
Chorus
Eb F A# Am Gm
Everybody sees, and everyone agrees
Cm F Gm D7
That you and I are wrong, and its been that way too long
Eb F A# Am Gm
Take it as it comes, and be thankful when its done
Cm F
Theres so many ways to act
Gm Am Bb Am
And theres many shades of black
Gm Am Bb Am
Theres so many shades of black
Gm Am Bb
Theres so many shades of black
Chorus Riff(solo follows right after)e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------6---|G|-------------------------------------------------3-----3-5/7---7-5-7---7-|D|-------------------------------3-----3-3h5-5-3-5---5---------------------|A|-----------1-----1-3/5---5-3-5---5---------------------------------------|E|-3---3-1-3---3-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------6-----6-8/10~~~-------------------------------------------|B|-6-6/8---8-6-8---8-------------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo(played with Digitech Whammy one octave up)
e|---------------------------------|B|-12^13---13^14--13p11------------|G|-----------------------12~~~~~---|D|---------------------------------|A|---------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
e|------------------13-------------|B|--11p10-----13^-(hold)-^13-------|G|------------------------------12-|D|---------------------------------|A|---------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|B|--10-11-13--10-11-13-------15^18^15^18--15^18---------|G|-------------------------------------------------12---|D|------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--20^22-20^22--17^18-17^18-17---------10---/10-11-13^15--13-11--13~~~~---|G|----------------------------------/12------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|B|---20^22^20------18---------15-17-18-17-15-------|G|-------------19---------17------------------17---|D|-------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------21^--21^---|B|-----15-17-18-17-20-18-20-18-20-20^----------------|G|--17-----------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Eb F A# Am Gm
Everybody sees, and everyone agrees
Cm F Gm D7
That you and I are wrong, and its been that way too long
Eb F A# Am Gm
Take it as it comes, and be thankful when its done
Cm F
Theres so many ways to act
I think this quiet part has Brendan palm muting the normal chorus chords while Jack plays this x22 x2 x22 x2 e|--6-------5----6-----5-----------|B|--6-------6----6-----6-----------|G|--7-------7----7-----7-----------|D|---------------------------------|A|---------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
Then goes back to chorusy part.
Gm Am Bb Am
And you cannot take it back
Gm Am Bb Am
No you cannot take it back
Gm Am Bb Am
Yes theres many shades of black
Gm Am Bb Am
Theres so many shades of black
Gm Am Bb Am
Yea theres many shades of black
Gm Am Bb Am
Theres so many shades of black
Gm Am Bb Am
Theres so many shades of black
Gm Am Bb Am
Yea theres many shades of black
Gm Am Bb Am
Theres so many shades of black
Gm Am Bb Am
Yea theres many shades of black
Gm Am Bb
Theres so many shades of black
C
Go ahead
In the third chorus when Brendan says "... and it's been that way too long" this
small riff is played.
e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|------------1-3/5----------------|E|-3--3-1--3-----------------------|
Listen to the song to know exactly how to play the parts.
Please email me at paultewolde@yahoo.com for any corrections I should make.
