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Black by Pearl Jam

E               A     Asus4 A
Sheets of empty canvas
          E                   A Asus4 A
untouched sheets of clay
E                 A      
They 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
Oooh all I know I taught her was... everything
     C                               Em
Oooh all I know she gave all... that she wore
       D
And 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
Tatooed everything.


  E      A           Asus4 A
I take a walk outside
       E               A            Asus4 A
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
E                A        
I can feel their laughter
   E       
So what can I say

    C                                          Em
Ooh and twisted thoughts       spin round my head (I'm spinnin')
         C                              Em
Ooh I'm spinning how quick the sun can drop awaaaaaay
       D  
And my bitter hands
          C
something on broken glass     
                    Em
of what was everything
       D                      C
All my pictures have all been washed in black
Em
Tatooed everything
       D  
All my love gone bad
          C
turned my world to black
            D
tatooed all I see
         C
All that I am
              Em
All that I'll beeeeeeee    yeah 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.

Here is something you can add for the little du du do du do do do thing. It may not be 100% correct. But it sounds like it. You can mess around with it. (hey, im a drummer)

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