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Black Live Acoustic Tab

by Pearl Jam


Black Live Acoustic - Pearl Jam

Intro:

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Verse 1:
               
Sheets of empty canvas
                        
Untouched sheets of clay
                
Lay spread out before me
       
As her body once did
           
All five horizons 
          
Revolved around her soul

As the earth to the sun
             
Now the air I tasted 
                 
And breathed has taken a turn


Pre-Chorus:
                                    
Hmmmm, and all I taught her was everything
                                  
Hmmmm, I know she gave me all that she wore


Chorus:
           
And now my bitter hands,
      
Shake beneath clouds
            
Of what was everything
        
Oh, the pictures
              
Have all been washed in black
               
Tattooed everything


Verse 2:
        
I take a walk outside
                       
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
                    
Oh, I can feel their laughter
    
So, why do I sear


Pre-Chorus:
                                              
Hmmmm, and twised thoughts that spin 'round my head, I'm spinning, oh
                                         
I'm spinning, How quick the sun can drop away


Chorus:
           
And now my bitter hands
       
Cradle broken glass
                
Of what was everything
        
All the pictures have
         
All been washed in black
             
Tattooed everything
        
All the love gone bad
          
Turned my world to black
                  
And tattooed all I see,
         
All that I am,
         
All I'll be


Break:
                   
  Yeah  Uh huh  Uh huh


Outro:
  
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
                          
I know you'll be a star in somebody elses sky
                        
But why, why, why can't it be,
                            
Why can't it be mine

Em, D, C (ad lib till end)