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