| "Paint It Black" |
| Songwriters: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
| The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger (vocals), Keith Richards (guitar), Charlie Watts (drums), Bill Wyman (bass and organ pedals), and Brian Jones (sitar); with Phil Spector (bass overdub?) and Jack Nizsche (piano). |
| Recorded 6-9 March 1966, RCA Studios, Hollywood. |
| Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham with Dave Hassinger (engineer). [3:44] |
| UK release: Decca F 12395, April 1966: RR #1. US release: London LON 901, 7 May 1966: BB #1. |
| Notes and Quotes |
| Section | Time | Meas. | Description | Text | |
| Intro | 0:00 | Guitar outlines main melody in free time. | — | ||
| " | 0: | Drums mark a straight four beats per measure. | a | ||
| " | : | Ensemble. | b | ||
| verse | part 1 | : | Solo vocal (sung soft and close to microphone) with sitar, and ensemble. | c | |
| part 2 | : | Vocal
backs up from microphone. Harmonizing vocal at line end. Sitar drops out. Guitar to front of mix. Drums on off-beat accents. |
d | ||
| verse | part 1 | : | As in vp1 above. | e | |
| part 2 | : | As in vp2 above. | f | ||
| verse | part 1 | : | As in vp1 above. | g | |
| part 2 | : | As in vp2 above. | h | ||
| verse | part 1 | : | Drop ensemble to vocal, sitar, guitars, and percussion. | a | |
| part 2 | As in vp2 above regular instrumentation.. | b | |||
| verse | part 1 | As in vp1 above. | i | ||
| part | As in vp2 above. | ||||
| part | Repeat
pattern, first with humming, then with text. Repeat and fade. |
| Text | |
| I see a rainbow and I want it painted black, No colours anymore I want them to turn black. | a |
| I see the girls go by dressed in their summer clothes. I have to turn my head until my darkness goes. | b |
| I see a line of cars and they're all painted black, With flowers and my love both never to come back. | c |
| I see people turn their heads and quickly look away. Like a newborn baby, it just happens every day. | d |
| I look inside myself and see my heart is black, I see my window I must have it painted black. | e |
| Maybe
then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts. It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black. |
f |
| No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue, I could not foresee this thing happening to you. | g |
| If I look hard enough into the settin' sun, My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes. | h |
| I
want to see it painted, paint it black, black as night, black as coal. I want to see the sun . . . , blotted out from the sky. I want to see ya paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black. |
i |
| Pop Art | Schedule | The Rolling Stones |
| 15-May-2018 | ||