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Black - Pearl Jam (1991)
Music/Lyrics By: Stone Gossard/Eddie Vedder.
Chorded By: Zack Oxford.
4/4 TIME @ 80 BPM (5 Min. 42 Sec.) in 'A' and 'G'.
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYS
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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E7 - x x 2 4 3 4 E B-D-E-G#
E9n3 - x x 2 4 3 2 E B-D-E-F#
As2 - x 0 2 2 0 0 A A-B-E
A5 - x 0 2 2 x x A A-E
D5 - x x 0 2 x x D A-D
E7n3 - x x 2 4 3 0 E B-D-E
A - x 0 2 2 2 0 A A-C#-E
E - 0 2 2 1 0 0 E B-E-G#
E5 - 0 2 2 x x x E B-E
As4 - x 0 2 2 3 0 A A-D-E
C - x 3 5 5 5 3 C G-C-E
Em - 0 2 2 0 0 0 E G-B-E
G - 3 2 0 0 0 3 G G-B-D -OR-
- 3 2 0 0 3 3
D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
INTRO: [8 M] ** KEY = 'A' -
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1+ 2+3+4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 4 1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+ 4 +
|NC E7 E9n3|As2 A5 D5 E7n3|E7 E9n3|A5 E7n3|E7 E9n3|
Yeah…
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|A |E E7 |E7 |
…
VERSE #1: [16 M]
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|E7 E9n3|A |E7 E5|
Sheets… of… emp-… ty can-… vas… un-touched… sheets… of clay…
|A5 E7 |E7 E9n3|A |
Her legs… spread… out… be-fore… me… as her…
|A |A |E |
… bod-y was… there… Woah, all… five… ho-ri-…
|A |E |
… zons,… re-volved… a-round… the sun…
|A |E |
I see earth through the sun… Now… the… air… I… tast-…
|A As4 |E |E |
…-ed and breathed,… has… tak-en a turn… Ooh,…
CHORUS #1: [14 M] ** KEY = 'G' -
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|C |C |Em |Em G |
all… I… know I… taught… her was… ev-'ry-thing… Ooh,…
|C |C |Em |
all… I… know she… gave… me all… that she… wore…
|Em D |D C |
And now my bit-ter… hands… shake… be-neath
|C Em |Em D |
the clouds… of what was ev-'ry-thing… All the pic-tures…
|D C |C Em |… |
… have… all… been washed in… black,… tat-tooed ev-'ry-day…
VERSE #2: [8 M] ** KEY = 'A' -
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|E |A |E |
I… take… a walk… out-side,… I'm sur-round-… ed by… some kids…
|A |E |A As4 A |
… that play… I… can… feel… their… laugh-… ter,… so…
|E |E |
… what do I say?… Ooh,…
CHORUS #2: [24 M] ** KEY = 'G' -
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|C |C |Em |
hot… and… twist-ed… thoughts… that spin… 'round my… head… I'm
|Em G |C |
spin-nin',… oh,… I'm spin-nin'. How… quick the… sun…
|C |Em |Em D |
… can… drop a-way… And now my bit-ter…
|D C |… Em |
… hands,… cra-… dle bro-ken… glass of what was ev-'ry-thing…
|Em D |… C |
… All the pic-tures… have… all… been washed in…
|C Em |… D |
… black,… tat-tooed ev-'ry-day… All… the love…
|D C |… D|
… gone bad… turned my world… to black,… tat-tooed all I…
|D C|… Em|… D|… C|
… see,… all… that I… am,… all… I'll be,… yeah,…
|C Em |… D |… C|… Em|
… ah,… ah,… I…
BRIDGE: [24 M]
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|Em D|
know some day you'll have a beautiful life. I…
|D C |… Em |
know you'll be a sun… in some-… bo-… dy els-es sky… But why,…
|Em D |… C |… Em |… D|
… why,… why… can it be?… How can it be?… Oh,…
|D C |… Em|… D |… C|… Em|
… Ah, hey,… ay… Oh,… yeah…
|Em D |… C|… Em|… D |… C|… Em|
Oh,… yeah… Oh,… yeah…
|Em D |… C|… Em|… D |
Oh,… yeah… Da-da-da da-da-da…
|D C |… Em|
Da-da-da da-da-da… Da-da-da da-da-da…
CODA: [20 M]
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|… D |… C|… D|… C |… Em|… D |
… Yeah… Ah,… ha… Ah,… ah,…
|D C |… Em|… D |
… ah,… ah,… ah, ah, yeah,… yeah… Ah,… ah,…
|D C |… Em|… D |
… ah,… ah,… ah, ah, yeah,… yeah… Ah,… ah,…
|D C |… Em|… D |
… ah,… ah,… ah, ah, yeah,… yeah… Ah,… ah,…
|D C |… Em|… |Em |Em |
… ah,… ah,… ah, ah, yeah,… yeah…
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- Even Flow
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- Man Of The Hour
- Not For You
- Nothingman
- Oceans
- Off He Goes
- Porch
- Quick Escape
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- Red Mosquito
- Release
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