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Black by Pearl Jam - Guitar Chords

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            Chords             E A D G B e
E                  0 2 2 1 0 0
A                  0 0 2 2 2 0
Asus4              0 0 2 2 3 0
Em                 0 2 2 0 0 0
C                  x 3 2 0 1 0
D                  x x 0 2 3 2

(N.B. Sorry if the timing on the chords is wrong, but the singer makes
it kind of hard with his timing)

Black
Pearl Jam

[Verse 1]
E               A     Asus4 A
Sheets of empty canvas
          E             A Asus4 A
untouched sheets of clay
E                 A
lay 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 and all I taught her was... everything
     C                               Em
Oooh all I know she gave all... that she wore

[Hook]
           D
And now my bitter hands
        C
chafe beneath the clouds
                 Em
Of what was everything
        D                      C
All the pictures have all been washed in black
             Em
Tatooed everything.

[Verse 2]
  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 why do i seer
    C                                       Em
Ooh and twisted thoughts they spin round my head (I'm spinnin')
         C                                    Em
Oooh I'm spinning how quick the sun can drop awayayayayay

[Hook]
           D
And now my bitter hands
       C
cradle broken glass
                 Em
of what was everything
       D                      C
All my pictures have all been washed in black
             Em
Tatooed everything

[Verse 3]
       D
All my love gone bad
          C
turned my world to black
            D
tatooed all I see
         C
All that I am
              Em     D           C
All I'll ever beeeeeeee    yeaahheah

Em    D    C

  Em
I know some day you'll have a beautiful life
  D
I know you'll be a sun,
   C                       Em              D
In somebody elses sky, but whyhy, whyhy   whyhy
         C                  Em
can't it be, oh can't it be mine.

[Guitar Solo] (with vocalizations)
If you are interested that little background
around 2:51 or so goes like this

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--4-5-7-5-4h5-4-2-4-4h5-7-44h5--|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

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