Pearl Jam – BLACK (Album: Ten) 1991

[Em7,  A7]
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Laid spread out before me, as her body once did yeah
All five horizons revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun yeah
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn
[C]Ooh and all I taught her was everything [E]
[C]Ooh I know she gave me all that she wore [E]

[D,  C,  E]

And now my bitter hands shake beneath the clouds,

Of what was everything
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything…

I take a walk outside
I’m surrounded by some kids at play
Oh I can feel their laughter, oh, so why do I sear ?
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head

I’m spinning, oh, I’m spinning,

How quick the sun can, drop away
[D,  C,  E]

And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass, Of what was everything
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything…
[D] All the love gone bad turned my [C] world to black
[D] Tattooed all I see, all that [C] I am, all I’ll [E] be…yeah…

[D,  C,  E]

I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be a star
In somebody else’s sky, but why
Why, why can’t it be, why can’t it be mine…   Why…oh…oh…yeah

Do do do do, do do do  (8x)
If you love, if you love someone…let ’em be free…Let them be free
You don’t belong to me  (3x)
Do do do do, do do do

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