Black

by Pearl Jam

E               A                E             A
Sheets of empty canvas untouched sheets of clay
    E                 A              E
Her legs spread out before me as her body once did
E          A                E            A
All five horizons revolved around her sun as the earth did the sun
E             A                       E
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn

    C                             Em
    And all I taught her was everything
    C                               Em
    I know she gave me all that she wore
               D                    C                                 Em
    And now my bitter hands shake beneath the clouds of what was everything
            D                      C                              Em
    All the pictures have all been washed in black; tattooed everything

I take a walk outside; I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter so hot that I sear

    And twisted thoughts that spin 'round my head, I'm spinning oh
    I'm spinning; how quick the sun can drop away
    And now my bitter hands grate on broken glass of what was everything
    All the pictures have all been washed in black; tattooed everything

                D                       C
        All the love gone bad turned my world to black
                          D               C                   Em
        Tattooed all that I see, all that I am, all that I'll be...

        <D - C - Em - D - C>

          Em
        I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
          D
        I know you'll be a star
           C
        In somebody else's sky but
        Em        D             C               Em
        Why, why, why, can't it be, can't it be mine?

        <repeat: D - C - Em>