Intro
Cmin - 4bars
Cmin Emaj
I put on my clothes like a body guard
F#m7 Amaj
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard
Cmin Emaj
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready
F#m7 Amaj
And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady
Amaj
There's an elephant in my head
Emaj
And I tip toe around it
F#m7
There are eggshells on the floor
Amaj
Therefore I never touch the ground
Amaj
It's like that old black hole,
Bmaj
No matter how you try,
Bmaj
You set out each day
Bmaj
Never to arrive
Cmin
I got my eyes on the prize
Emaj
But it looks just like a mystery
F#m7 Amaj
And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory
Cmin Emaj
I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls
F#m7 Amaj
And the show really starts once the curtain falls
Amaj
Take this thorn from my side
Emaj
Fix this chip on my shoulder
F#m7
Time is racing with the clock
Amaj
And I ain't getting any older
Amaj
It's like that old black hole,
Bmaj
No matter how you try,
Amaj
It's like that old black hole,
Bmaj
No matter how you try,
Amaj
It's like that old black hole,
Bmaj
No matter how you try,
Bmaj
You set out each day
Bmaj
Never to arrive
Gmin("Whoo!")
Emaj
I put on my finest thread
Emaj F#m7
And I wrap up my body tight
F#m7
With the sun in my eyes
Emaj
I step into the night
F#m7 Amaj
Like the mystery in the dark
Oh, it's just another kind of light
Emaj
I don't expect you to believe me
F#m7 Emaj
But everything is al--right
Emaj
I don't make rules for a living
Emaj F#m7
I don't do tricks for a dime
F#m7
I was born on a good day,
Emaj
Deaf, dumb and blind.
F#m7 Amaj
Who am I to tell the truth?
I don't even know what it is.
Emaj F#m7 Emaj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
Emaj F#m7 Emaj
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
(now for the fun..double time)
Emaj
I tie my boots up tight
Emaj
And I head straight for bed
F#m7
There's a pistol and a crystal
F#m7
Underneath my pillow
Emaj
There's a tender heart
Emaj
Inside that ugly armadillo
F#m7
"These are tears of joy,"
Bmaj
Cried the weeping willow
Amaj
There's a spirit in the air
Bmaj
And there ain't no way around it
Emaj
I was not prepared to lose it
F#m7
On the moment that I found it
Amaj
It's like that old black hole,
Bmaj
No matter how you try,
Amaj
It's like that old black hole,
Bmaj
No matter how you try,
Amaj
It's like that old black hole,
Bmaj
No matter how you try,
Bmaj
You set out each day
Bmaj
Never to arrive
Hang onto that end chord:Bmaj