Black
Pearl Jam

E               A     Asus4 A
Sheets of empty canvas
          E                   A Asus4 A
untouched sheets of clay
E                     A      
were laid spread out before me
       E
as her body once did
 
 
E          A     Asus4 A
All five horizons 
          E             A                     Asus4 A
revolved around her soul (as the earth to the sun)
E             A                  
Now the air I tasted and breathed,
    E          
has taken a turn    
 
    C                                Em
Oh, and all I taught her was... everything
   C                                  Em
Oh all I know she gave me all... that she wore
           D
And now my bitter hands
        C
Shake beneath the clouds
                 Em
Of what was everything?
        D                      C
All the pictures have all been washed in black,
              Em
tattooed everything…
 
 
  E      A           Asus4 A
I take a walk outside
       E   0           A            Asus4 A
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
E                A        
I can feel their laughter
   E       
So why do I sear?
 
   C                                          Em
Oh all my twisted thoughts they spin round my head; I'm spinnin’
        C                               Em
Oh, I'm spinnin’, how quick the sun can drop away…
       D  
And my bitter hands
       C
cradle broken glass…
                 Em
Of what was everything?
        D                      C
All the pictures have all been washed in black,
Em
tattooed everything
 
       D  
All my love gone bad
          C
turned my world to black
             D
tattooed all I see
         C
All that I am
              Em
All that I'll be…    yeah…
 
  D                         
I know some day you'll have a beautiful life
  C
I know you'll be a sun, 
   Em                  D          C
In somebody elses sky, why, why,  why
                            Em                 
can't it be, can't it be in mine?