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Black Tabs

(ver. 2)
Pearl Jam
Black                    --  Pearl Jam


The chords below are my own bastardizations, but for a solo routine,
they work quite well.  (Don't try to line up the phrases with the tab;
I just put them up there for a point of reference.  Check the position
of the chords with the lyrics; then use the forms as shown in the tab)

              E7add9?
INTRO:          /
E-somethingorother Esus4
    |   Asus2       | E7

e---7-----0-----7---7-7--7-
B---7-----0-----7--10s9--7-
G---7-----6-----7---7-7--7-
D---9-----7-----9---9-9--9-
A---7-----7-----7---7-7--7-
E---x-----5-----x---x-x--x-


(Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay...)

 E7add9 Asus2 E7add9 Asus2   E7add9 Asus2 E7add9 E7sus4
                                                  | E7
e---7-----0-----7-----0----/----7-----0-----7-----7-7---
B---7-----0-----7-----0----/----7-----0-----7----10s9---
G---7-----6-----7-----6----/----7-----6-----7-----7-7---
D---9-----7-----9-----7----/----9-----7-----9-----9-9---
A---7-----7-----7-----7----/----7-----7-----7-----7-7---
E---x-----5-----x-----5----/----x-----5-----x-----x-x---


(ooh, and all I taught her was ev'rything...)

  Csus2   E5

e---3-----0----------------
B---3-----0----------------
G---5-----9-----(repeat)---
D---5-----9----------------
A---3-----7----------------
E---x-----0----------------


(and now my bitter hands, they're on broken glass...)
              (all the pictures have all been washed in black...)
  Dsus2 Csus2 E5      Dsus2 Csus2 E5

e---5----3----0----/----5----3----0----
B---5----3----0----/----5----3----0----
G---7----5----9----/----7----5----9----
D---7----5----9----/----7----5----9----
A---5----3----7----/----5----3----7----
E---x----x----0----/----x----x----0----


CHORDS USED:
E7add9   Asus2    Csus2    Dsus2      E5      E7sus4       E7
079777 | 577600 | 335533 | 557755 | 079900 | 0797_10_7 | 079797 |


E7add9          Asus2             E7add9         Asus2
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
   E7add9             Asus2          E7add9          E7sus4 E7
Her legs spread out before me, as her body was there
       E7add9      Asus2               E7add9      Asus2
Through all five horizons...revolved around the sun,  I see earth
    through the sun
E7add9        Asus2                     E7add9       E7sus4 E7
Now the air I tasted and breathed...has taken a turn

   Csus2                                 E5
Oo-ooh, and all I taught her was...everything
   Csus2                                E5
Ooh, I know she gave me all...that she wore
          Dsus2                  Csus2                              E5
And now my bitter hands shake beneath the clouds of what was everything
        Dsus2                     Csus2                            E5
All the pictures have...all been washed in black...tattooed ev'ry day


E7add9     Asus2                E7add9              Asus2
  I take a walk outside, I'm surrounded by-y...some kids at play
  E7add9             Asus2       E7add9          E7sus4 E7
Oh, I can feel their laughter, so what can I say
    Csus2                                            E5
Ooh, hot and twisted thoughts that spin...'round my head
                            Csus2                                  E5
I'm spinnin', ooh-ooh, I'm spinnin'..how quick the sun can..drop away
           Dsus2                    Csus2                            E5
And now my bitter hands, they're on broken glass..of what was ev'rything
        Dsus2                   Csus2                            E5
All the pictures have..all been washed in black, tattooed ev'ry day
        Dsus2                     Csus2
All the love gone bad..turned my world to black
            Dsus2          Csus2                 E5        Dsus2  Csus2
Tattooed all I see..all that I am..all I'll ever be...yeah-heah...wooh

         E5
Well, I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
  Dsus2                          Csus2                   E5           Dsus2
I know you'll be as such(?)..in somebody else's sky, but why, why-hy, why-y
          Csus2                 E5       Dsus2  Csus2
Oh, can it be, oh can it be, ah-hah, oh, yeah...wooh

                  E5                   Dsus2                 Csus2
Do-di-do-do do-di-do, do-di-do-do do-di-do, do-di-do-do do-di-do  (repeat
                                                                  & fade)


(Good ending chord:  Em(add9) -- 024000)



Hope you find this usable!


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