Intro
F#min - 4bars
F#min A#maj
I put on my clothes like a body guard
Cm7 D#maj
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard
F#min A#maj
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready
Cm7 D#maj
And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady
D#maj
There's an elephant in my head
A#maj
And I tip toe around it
Cm7
There are eggshells on the floor
D#maj
Therefore I never touch the ground
D#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Fmaj
No matter how you try,
Fmaj
You set out each day
Fmaj
Never to arrive
F#min
I got my eyes on the prize
A#maj
But it looks just like a mystery
Cm7 D#maj
And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory
F#min A#maj
I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls
Cm7 D#maj
And the show really starts once the curtain falls
D#maj
Take this thorn from my side
A#maj
Fix this chip on my shoulder
Cm7
Time is racing with the clock
D#maj
And I ain't getting any older
D#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Fmaj
No matter how you try,
D#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Fmaj
No matter how you try,
D#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Fmaj
No matter how you try,
Fmaj
You set out each day
Fmaj
Never to arrive
Gmin("Whoo!")
A#maj
I put on my finest thread
A#maj Cm7
And I wrap up my body tight
Cm7
With the sun in my eyes
A#maj
I step into the night
Cm7 D#maj
Like the mystery in the dark
Oh, it's just another kind of light
A#maj
I don't expect you to believe me
Cm7 A#maj
But everything is al--right
A#maj
I don't make rules for a living
A#maj Cm7
I don't do tricks for a dime
Cm7
I was born on a good day,
A#maj
Deaf, dumb and blind.
Cm7 D#maj
Who am I to tell the truth?
I don't even know what it is.
A#maj Cm7 A#maj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
A#maj Cm7 A#maj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
(now for the fun..double time)
A#maj
I tie my boots up tight
A#maj
And I head straight for bed
Cm7
There's a pistol and a crystal
Cm7
Underneath my pillow
A#maj
There's a tender heart
A#maj
Inside that ugly armadillo
Cm7
"These are tears of joy,"
Fmaj
Cried the weeping willow
D#maj
There's a spirit in the air
Fmaj
And there ain't no way around it
A#maj
I was not prepared to lose it
Cm7
On the moment that I found it
D#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Fmaj
No matter how you try,
D#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Fmaj
No matter how you try,
D#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Fmaj
No matter how you try,
Fmaj
You set out each day
Fmaj
Never to arrive
Hang onto that end chord:Bmaj