Black Chords by Pearl Jam

[Intro]
E A E B
■ ■ ■ ■


[Verse]
E     
Hey oh
          E7    A     
Sheets of empty canvas
E7                      
Untouched sheets of clay
A    E7                 A        
Were ■  laid spread out before me
E                   
As her body once did
    A            
All five horizons
E7                      
Revolved around her soul
             A        E7 
As the earth ■ to the sun
        E     A                  
Now the air I tasted and breathed
D   E           
Has taken a turn


[Chorus]
C                             Em        
■ Oh and all I taught her was everything
C                           Em           
■ Oh I know she gave me all that she wore
E         D              
■ And now my bitter hands
C                       
Chafe beneath the clouds
            Em        
Of what was everything
D                   
Oh the pictures have
C                       
All been washed in black
E                  
Tattooed everything


[Verse]
       E7 A           
I take a  walk outside
E7  E            
I'm surrounded by
A                 E
Some kids at play ■
           A             
I can feel their laughter
D  E            
So why do I sear
C                                  
■ Oh and twisted thoughts that spin
      E      
Round my head
             E7
I'm spinning ■ 
Em     C       
Oh I'm spinning


[Chorus]
                      Em7  E   
How quick the sun can drop away
        D              
And now my bitter hands
C                  
Cradle broken glass
            Em        
Of what was everything
D                    
All the pictures have
C                       
All been washed in black
Em                 
Tattooed everything
D                    
All the love gone bad
C                       
Turned my world to black
D                 
Tattooed all I see
C            
All that I am
         Em          
All that I'll be yeah
   D   C        
Uh huh uh huh oh
E Em D C E
■ ■  ■ ■ ■
                                       D   
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
  D                    
I know you'll be a star
C                  E  
In somebody else's sky
    E  
But why
D       C          
Why Why can't it be
            E  Em G D   
Oh can't it be ■  ■ mine
C Em D C Em D C Em
■ ■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■ ■ 


[Solo]
D C Em Dsus4 C Em D C
■ ■ ■  ■     ■ ■  ■ ■
D C Em D C Em D C
■ ■ ■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■


[Outro]
E Em D C Em D
■ ■  ■ ■ ■  ■
C Em D
■ ■  ■


[End]