Black chords by Pearl Jam (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(E7) (A major) (E7) (A major)
(E7) Hey, (A major) (E major) oh (E major)
Verse 1
(E7) Sheets of empty canvas (A major)
Untouched (E7) sheets of clay (A major)
Were (E7) laid spread out before (A major) me
As her (E7) body once did
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Verse 2
(E7) All five hori (A major) zons
Revolved a (E7) round her soul
(A major) As the earth to the sun
(E7) Now the air I tasted (A major) and breathed
Has (E7) taken a turn
Pre-chorus 1
Oh (C major) and all I taught her was everything (E minor)
Oh (C major) I know she gave me all that she (E minor) wore
And now my (D major) bitter
Chorus 1
hands
Chafe be (C major) neath the clouds
Of what was every (E minor) thing
Oh the (D major) pictures have
All been (C major) washed in black
Tattooed every (E minor) thing
Verse 3
(E7) I take a walk (A major) outside
I'm surround (E7) ed by
Some kids (A major) at play
(E7) I can feel their laughter (A major)
So (E7) why do I sear
Pre-chorus 2
Oh, (C major) and twisted thoughts that spin
Round my (E minor) head
I'm spinning
Oh, I'm (C major) spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away (E minor)
And now my (D major) bitter
Chorus 2
hands
Cradle (C major) broken glass
Of what was every (E minor) thing
All the (D major) pictures had
All been (C major) washed in black
Tattooed every (E minor) thing
All the (D major) love gone bad
Turned my (C major) world to black
Tattooed all I (D major) see
All that (C major) I am
All I'll (E minor) be
(D major)
Outro 1
Yeah (C major) (E minor) (D major) (C major)
I (E minor) know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I (D major) know you'll be a star
In (C major) somebody else's sky
(E minor) But why, why
(D major) Why can't (C major) it be
Why can't it be (E minor) mine (D major) (C major)
(E minor) (D major) (C major) (E minor) (D major) (C major)
(E minor) (D major) (C major) (E minor) (D major) (C major)
(E minor) (D major) (C major) (D major) (C major)
(E minor)
[Repeat and fade]
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