Intro
Fmin - 4bars
Fmin Amaj
I put on my clothes like a body guard
Bm7 Dmaj
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard
Fmin Amaj
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready
Bm7 Dmaj
And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady
Dmaj
There's an elephant in my head
Amaj
And I tip toe around it
Bm7
There are eggshells on the floor
Dmaj
Therefore I never touch the ground
Dmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Emaj
No matter how you try,
Emaj
You set out each day
Emaj
Never to arrive
Fmin
I got my eyes on the prize
Amaj
But it looks just like a mystery
Bm7 Dmaj
And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory
Fmin Amaj
I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls
Bm7 Dmaj
And the show really starts once the curtain falls
Dmaj
Take this thorn from my side
Amaj
Fix this chip on my shoulder
Bm7
Time is racing with the clock
Dmaj
And I ain't getting any older
Dmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Emaj
No matter how you try,
Dmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Emaj
No matter how you try,
Dmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Emaj
No matter how you try,
Emaj
You set out each day
Emaj
Never to arrive
Gmin("Whoo!")
Amaj
I put on my finest thread
Amaj Bm7
And I wrap up my body tight
Bm7
With the sun in my eyes
Amaj
I step into the night
Bm7 Dmaj
Like the mystery in the dark
Oh, it's just another kind of light
Amaj
I don't expect you to believe me
Bm7 Amaj
But everything is al--right
Amaj
I don't make rules for a living
Amaj Bm7
I don't do tricks for a dime
Bm7
I was born on a good day,
Amaj
Deaf, dumb and blind.
Bm7 Dmaj
Who am I to tell the truth?
I don't even know what it is.
Amaj Bm7 Amaj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
Amaj Bm7 Amaj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
(now for the fun..double time)
Amaj
I tie my boots up tight
Amaj
And I head straight for bed
Bm7
There's a pistol and a crystal
Bm7
Underneath my pillow
Amaj
There's a tender heart
Amaj
Inside that ugly armadillo
Bm7
"These are tears of joy,"
Emaj
Cried the weeping willow
Dmaj
There's a spirit in the air
Emaj
And there ain't no way around it
Amaj
I was not prepared to lose it
Bm7
On the moment that I found it
Dmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Emaj
No matter how you try,
Dmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Emaj
No matter how you try,
Dmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Emaj
No matter how you try,
Emaj
You set out each day
Emaj
Never to arrive
Hang onto that end chord:Bmaj