Intro
C#min - 4bars
C#min Fmaj
I put on my clothes like a body guard
Gm7 A#maj
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard
C#min Fmaj
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready
Gm7 A#maj
And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady
A#maj
There's an elephant in my head
Fmaj
And I tip toe around it
Gm7
There are eggshells on the floor
A#maj
Therefore I never touch the ground
A#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Cmaj
No matter how you try,
Cmaj
You set out each day
Cmaj
Never to arrive
C#min
I got my eyes on the prize
Fmaj
But it looks just like a mystery
Gm7 A#maj
And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory
C#min Fmaj
I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls
Gm7 A#maj
And the show really starts once the curtain falls
A#maj
Take this thorn from my side
Fmaj
Fix this chip on my shoulder
Gm7
Time is racing with the clock
A#maj
And I ain't getting any older
A#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Cmaj
No matter how you try,
A#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Cmaj
No matter how you try,
A#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Cmaj
No matter how you try,
Cmaj
You set out each day
Cmaj
Never to arrive
Gmin("Whoo!")
Fmaj
I put on my finest thread
Fmaj Gm7
And I wrap up my body tight
Gm7
With the sun in my eyes
Fmaj
I step into the night
Gm7 A#maj
Like the mystery in the dark
Oh, it's just another kind of light
Fmaj
I don't expect you to believe me
Gm7 Fmaj
But everything is al--right
Fmaj
I don't make rules for a living
Fmaj Gm7
I don't do tricks for a dime
Gm7
I was born on a good day,
Fmaj
Deaf, dumb and blind.
Gm7 A#maj
Who am I to tell the truth?
I don't even know what it is.
Fmaj Gm7 Fmaj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
Fmaj Gm7 Fmaj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
(now for the fun..double time)
Fmaj
I tie my boots up tight
Fmaj
And I head straight for bed
Gm7
There's a pistol and a crystal
Gm7
Underneath my pillow
Fmaj
There's a tender heart
Fmaj
Inside that ugly armadillo
Gm7
"These are tears of joy,"
Cmaj
Cried the weeping willow
A#maj
There's a spirit in the air
Cmaj
And there ain't no way around it
Fmaj
I was not prepared to lose it
Gm7
On the moment that I found it
A#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Cmaj
No matter how you try,
A#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Cmaj
No matter how you try,
A#maj
It's like that old black hole,
Cmaj
No matter how you try,
Cmaj
You set out each day
Cmaj
Never to arrive
Hang onto that end chord:Bmaj