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Sky Blue And Black Tab

by Jackson Browne


NB: Not my lyrical transcription 

This is as close as I could come with my limited chord knowledge; if it isn't accurate
it works pretty well! Questions, or hopefully corrections are welcome.


In the calling out to one another
       
Of the lovers up and down the strand

In the sound of the waves and the cries
       
Of the seagulls circling the sand


In the fragments of the songs
                 
Carried down the wind from some radio

In the murmuring of the city in the distance

Ominous and low

                       
I hear the sound of a world where we played
                                   
And the far too simple beauty of the promises we made

               
If you ever need holding
             
Call my name, I'll be there

              
If you ever need holding
                                 
And no holding back, I'll see you through

   
Sky blue and black
     
//music w/o lyrics//


Where the touch of the lover ends
        
And the soul of the friend begins
          
There's a need to be separate and a need to be one
      
And a struggle neither wins


Where you gave me the world I was in
      
And a place I could make a stand
              
(And) I could never see how you doubted me
         
When I'd let go of your hand
         
Yeah, and I was much younger then
                         
And I must have thought that I'd have known
   
If things were going to end
                   
And the heavens were rolling
                 
Like a wheel on a track
                
And our sky was unfolding
                     
 And it'll never fold back

            
Sky blue and black
     
//music w/o lyrics//

         
I'd have fought the world for you
          
(I'd have fought the world for you)
                         
If I thought that you wanted me to
                            
Or put aside what was true or untrue
       
If I'd known that's what you needed

What you needed me to do

                  
But the moment has passed by me now
        
To have put away my pride
              
And just come through for you somehow

              
If you ever need holding
            
Call my name, I'll be there
              
If you ever need holding
                                 
And no holding back, I'll see you through


You're the color of the sky
                  
Reflected in each store-front window pane

You're the whispering and the sighing
      
Of my tires in the rain
                                           
You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost in everything I do
                      
Yeah and I'll never stop looking for you


//music w/o lyrics//


In the sunlight and the shadows
        
And the faces on the avenue


That's the way love is

That's the way love is

That's the way love is
            
Sky blue and black

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Chord Transcription: Vincent J. Florio