Pearl Jam - Black

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Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
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Her legs spread out before me, as her body was there
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Through all five horizons...revolved around her soul,  I see earth through the s
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Now the air I tasted and breathed...has taken a turn

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Oo-ooh, and all I taught her was...everything
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Ooh, 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
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All the pictures have...all been washed in black...tattooed ev'ry day

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  I take a walk outside, I'm surrounded by-y...some kids at play
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Oh, I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear
    C                                                    Em
Ooh, and twisted thoughts that spin...'round my head
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I'm spinnin', ooh-ooh, I'm spinnin'..how quick the sun can..drop away
        D                  C                              Em
And now my bitter hands, they're on broken glass..of what was everything
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All the pictures have..all been washed in black, tattooed everything
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All the love gone bad..turned my world to black
            D                  C                         Em       D          C
Tattooed all I see..all that I am..all I'll ever be...yeah-heah...wooh

         Em
Well, I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
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I know you'll be a star..in somebody else's sky, but why, why-hy, why-y
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Oh, can it be, oh can it be, ah-hah, oh, yeah...wooh

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