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Pearl Jam - Black

Intro

Can throw in some extra bVIIs too

E	E9	A
	→	x 2

E	Asus2	E	Asus2
Sheets of empty	canvas, untouched	sheets of clay

	E	Asus2	E
Were	laid spread out be	fore me as her	body once did

E	Asus2	E	Asus2
All five hor	izons revolved a	round her soul	as the earth to the sun

E	Asus2	E
Now the air I	tasted and breathed has	taken a turn

	C	Em
Ooo	oh, and all I taught her was every	thing

	C	Em
Ooo	oh, I know she gave me all that she	wore

	D
And now my	bitter hands

	C
Chafe	beneath the clouds

	Em
Of what was everyth	ing

	D
All the	pictures have

	C
All been	washed in black

	E
Tattooed everyt	hing

E	Asus2	E	Asus2
I take a	walk outside, I’m sur	rounded by some	kids at play

E	Asus2	E
I can feel their	laughter so,	why do I sear

	C	Em
Ooo	oh, and twisted thoughts that spin ‘round my	head, I’m spinning, oh

	C	Em
I’m	spinning, how quick the sun can drop a	way

	D
And now my	bitter hands

	C
Cradle	broken glass

	Em
Of what was ever	ything

	D
All the	pictures have

	C
All been	washed in black

	Em
Tattooed ever	ything

	D
All the	love gone bad

	C
Turned my	world to black

	D
And tattooed all	I see

	C
All that	I am

	Em	D	C
All I’ll	be,	ye	ah

Em	D	C
Uh huh,	uh huh,	ooh

	Em
I	know someday you’ll have a beautiful life

	D	C
I	know you’ll be a star in so	mebody else’s sky

	Em	D	C
But	why, why,	why can’t it	be

	Em	D	C
Aw can’t it be m	ine

Em	D	C
Ooh, ah	yeah, ah	ooh

	Em
Doo do do do do do do

	D
Doo do do do do do do

	C
Doo do do do do do do

	Em
Doo do do do do do do