Intro
D#min - 4bars
D#min Gmaj
I put on my clothes like a body guard
Am7 Cmaj
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard
D#min Gmaj
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready
Am7 Cmaj
And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady
Cmaj
There's an elephant in my head
Gmaj
And I tip toe around it
Am7
There are eggshells on the floor
Cmaj
Therefore I never touch the ground
Cmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Dmaj
No matter how you try,
Dmaj
You set out each day
Dmaj
Never to arrive
D#min
I got my eyes on the prize
Gmaj
But it looks just like a mystery
Am7 Cmaj
And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory
D#min Gmaj
I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls
Am7 Cmaj
And the show really starts once the curtain falls
Cmaj
Take this thorn from my side
Gmaj
Fix this chip on my shoulder
Am7
Time is racing with the clock
Cmaj
And I ain't getting any older
Cmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Dmaj
No matter how you try,
Cmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Dmaj
No matter how you try,
Cmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Dmaj
No matter how you try,
Dmaj
You set out each day
Dmaj
Never to arrive
Gmin("Whoo!")
Gmaj
I put on my finest thread
Gmaj Am7
And I wrap up my body tight
Am7
With the sun in my eyes
Gmaj
I step into the night
Am7 Cmaj
Like the mystery in the dark
Oh, it's just another kind of light
Gmaj
I don't expect you to believe me
Am7 Gmaj
But everything is al--right
Gmaj
I don't make rules for a living
Gmaj Am7
I don't do tricks for a dime
Am7
I was born on a good day,
Gmaj
Deaf, dumb and blind.
Am7 Cmaj
Who am I to tell the truth?
I don't even know what it is.
Gmaj Am7 Gmaj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
Gmaj Am7 Gmaj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
(now for the fun..double time)
Gmaj
I tie my boots up tight
Gmaj
And I head straight for bed
Am7
There's a pistol and a crystal
Am7
Underneath my pillow
Gmaj
There's a tender heart
Gmaj
Inside that ugly armadillo
Am7
"These are tears of joy,"
Dmaj
Cried the weeping willow
Cmaj
There's a spirit in the air
Dmaj
And there ain't no way around it
Gmaj
I was not prepared to lose it
Am7
On the moment that I found it
Cmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Dmaj
No matter how you try,
Cmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Dmaj
No matter how you try,
Cmaj
It's like that old black hole,
Dmaj
No matter how you try,
Dmaj
You set out each day
Dmaj
Never to arrive
Hang onto that end chord:Bmaj