Pearl Jam - Black

E0               Asus21             E2              Asus23
0Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
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1Were laid spread out before me as her body once did
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4All five horizons revolved around her soul as the earth to the sun
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5Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn
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8Hmmmm, and all I taught her was everything
C16                                  Em17
9Hmmmm, I know she gave me all that she wore
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12And now my bitter hands,
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13Chafe beneath clouds
            Em20
14Of what was everything
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15Oh, the pictures
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16Have all been washed in black
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17Tattooed everything
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20I take a walk outside I'm surrounded by some kids at play
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21Oh, I can feel their laughter so, why do I sear
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24Hmmmm, and twisted thoughts that spin 'round my head, I'm spinning, oh
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25I'm spinning, How quick the sun can drop away
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28And now my bitter hands
       C36
29Cradle broken glass
                Em37
30Of what was everything
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31All the pictures have
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32All been washed in black
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33Tattooed everything
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34All the love gone bad
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35Turned my world to black
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36And tattooed all I see,
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37All that I am,
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38All I'll be
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D46 C47     Em48      D49       C50
41  Yeah  Uh huh  Uh huh
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44I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
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45I know you'll be a star in somebody elses sky
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46But why, why, why can't it be,
C57                 Em58     D59      C60
47Why can't it be mine2
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