Intro
G#min - 4bars
G#min Cmaj
I put on my clothes like a body guard
Dm7 Fmaj
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard
G#min Cmaj
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready
Dm7 Fmaj
And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady
Fmaj
There's an elephant in my head
Cmaj
And I tip toe around it
Dm7
There are eggshells on the floor
Fmaj
Therefore I never touch the ground
Fmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Gmaj
No matter how you try,
Gmaj
You set out each day
Gmaj
Never to arrive
G#min
I got my eyes on the prize
Cmaj
But it looks just like a mystery
Dm7 Fmaj
And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory
G#min Cmaj
I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls
Dm7 Fmaj
And the show really starts once the curtain falls
Fmaj
Take this thorn from my side
Cmaj
Fix this chip on my shoulder
Dm7
Time is racing with the clock
Fmaj
And I ain't getting any older
Fmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Gmaj
No matter how you try,
Fmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Gmaj
No matter how you try,
Fmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Gmaj
No matter how you try,
Gmaj
You set out each day
Gmaj
Never to arrive
Gmin("Whoo!")
Cmaj
I put on my finest thread
Cmaj Dm7
And I wrap up my body tight
Dm7
With the sun in my eyes
Cmaj
I step into the night
Dm7 Fmaj
Like the mystery in the dark
Oh, it's just another kind of light
Cmaj
I don't expect you to believe me
Dm7 Cmaj
But everything is al--right
Cmaj
I don't make rules for a living
Cmaj Dm7
I don't do tricks for a dime
Dm7
I was born on a good day,
Cmaj
Deaf, dumb and blind.
Dm7 Fmaj
Who am I to tell the truth?
I don't even know what it is.
Cmaj Dm7 Cmaj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
Cmaj Dm7 Cmaj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
(now for the fun..double time)
Cmaj
I tie my boots up tight
Cmaj
And I head straight for bed
Dm7
There's a pistol and a crystal
Dm7
Underneath my pillow
Cmaj
There's a tender heart
Cmaj
Inside that ugly armadillo
Dm7
"These are tears of joy,"
Gmaj
Cried the weeping willow
Fmaj
There's a spirit in the air
Gmaj
And there ain't no way around it
Cmaj
I was not prepared to lose it
Dm7
On the moment that I found it
Fmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Gmaj
No matter how you try,
Fmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Gmaj
No matter how you try,
Fmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Gmaj
No matter how you try,
Gmaj
You set out each day
Gmaj
Never to arrive
Hang onto that end chord:Bmaj