Black Pearl Jam

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[E]Sheets of empty [A]canvas[Asus4] [A]

untouched [E]sheets of clay[A] [Asus4] [A]

[E]Were laid spread out be[A]fore me

as her [E]body once did

[E]All five hor[A]izons,[Asus4] [A]

revolved a[E]round her soul[A] (as the earth to the [Asus4]sun)[A]

[E]Now the air I [A]tasted and breathed,

has [E]taken a turn

Oooh [C] and all I taught her was... every[Em]thing

Oooh [C] I know she gave me all... that [Em]she wore

And my [D]bitter hands

Chafe be[C]neath the clouds

Of what was every[Em]thing

Oh the [D]pictures have all been [C]washed in black

Tatooed every[Em]thing.

I [E]take a [A]walk outside[Asus4] [A]

I'm sur[E]rounded by some [A]kids at play[Asus4] [A]

[E]I can feel their [A]laughter

So [E]why do I stare

Ooh [C]And my twisted thoughts they spin round my [Em]head (I'm spinnin')

Oooh I'm [C]spinning how quick the sun can [Em]drop awayayayayay

And my [D]bitter hands

Cradle [C]broken glass

of what was every[Em]thing

Oh the [D]pictures have all been [C]washed in black

[Em]Tatooed everything

Oh A [D]love gone bad

turned my [C]world to black

tatooed all [D]I see

All that [C]I am

Or wil ever [Em]beeeeee yeaahheah

I [D]know some day you'll have a beautiful life

I [C]know you'll be a star,

In [Em]somebody elses sky, [D]whyhy, whyhy [C]whyhy

can't it be, can't it be [Em]mine.

Shane..(sang@cm.deakin.oz.au)

[--]Shane Hyde (sang@cm.deakin.oz.au)|'Tell me, who's the real patriots, the Archie

Dept. of Computing/Mathematics |Bunker slobs waving flags, or the people with

Deakin University |the guts to work for some real change?' -

Geelong Vic 3217 | Jello Biafra.

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#From uunet!munnari.oz.au!sol.deakin.OZ.AU!sang Sun Oct 25 14:42:53 PST 1992
#Article: 3230 of alt.guitar.tab
#Path: nevada.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!sol.deakin.OZ.AU!sang
#From: sang@cm.deakin.OZ.AU (Shane Hyde)
#Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
#Subject: CRD: "Black" - Pearl Jam
#Date: 25 Oct 1992 04:24:13 GMT
#Organization: Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
#Lines: 103
#Distribution: world
#Message-ID: <1cd7hdINNoig@sol.deakin.OZ.AU>
#NNTP-Posting-Host: aragorn.cm.deakin.oz.au
#
#A couple of articles back someone requested "Black" by Pearl Jam, so here's
#how I play it.  I make no statements about its correctness.
#                                                                                
{sot}
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{eot}
#Chord              E A D G B E
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#E                  0 2 2 1 0 0
#A                  0 0 2 2 2 0
#Asus4              0 0 2 2 3 0
#Em                 0 2 2 0 0 0
#C                  x 3 2 0 1 0
#D                  x x 0 2 3 2
#
#(N.B. Sorry if the timing on the chords is wrong, but the singer makes
#it kind of hard with his timing)
#
#Black
#Pearl Jam
#
#
[E]Sheets of empty [A]canvas[Asus4][A]
untouched [E]sheets of clay[A][Asus4][A]
[E]Were laid spread out be[A]fore me
as her [E]body once did
[E]All five hor[A]izons,[Asus4] [A]
revolved a[E]round her soul[A] (as the earth to the [Asus4]sun)[A]
[E]Now the air I [A]tasted and breathed,
has [E]taken a turn   
Oooh [C] and all I taught her was... every[Em]thing
Oooh [C] I know she gave me all... that [Em]she wore
And my [D]bitter hands
Chafe be[C]neath the clouds
Of what was every[Em]thing
Oh the [D]pictures have all been [C]washed in black
Tatooed every[Em]thing.
I [E]take a [A]walk outside[Asus4][A]
I'm sur[E]rounded by some [A]kids at play[Asus4][A]
[E]I can feel their [A]laughter
So [E]why do I stare
Ooh [C]And my twisted thoughts they spin round my [Em]head (I'm spinnin')
Oooh I'm [C]spinning how quick the sun can [Em]drop awayayayayay
And my [D]bitter hands
Cradle [C]broken glass     
of what was every[Em]thing
Oh the [D]pictures have all been [C]washed in black
[Em]Tatooed everything
Oh A [D]love gone bad
turned my [C]world to black
tatooed all [D]I see
All that [C]I am
Or wil ever [Em]beeeeee    yeaahheah
I [D]know some day you'll have a beautiful life
I [C]know you'll be a star,
In [Em]somebody elses sky, [D]whyhy, whyhy   [C]whyhy
can't it be, can't it be [Em]mine.
Shane..(sang@cm.deakin.oz.au)
[--]Shane Hyde (sang@cm.deakin.oz.au)|'Tell me, who's the real patriots, the Archie
Dept. of Computing/Mathematics   |Bunker slobs waving flags, or the people with
Deakin University                |the guts to work for some real change?' -
Geelong Vic 3217                 |                 Jello Biafra.

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trapin (report)

It is most definitely "I know you'll be a star" and the Em are correct. Listen to the song. The Es and Ems are very distinctive. PJ uses a lot of minor chords, its part if their signature sound.

braniacphil (report)

"Or wil ever" should be "All I'll be"

and ALL the Em chords should be E chords. Seriously.

sevenarmy (report)

Both of your suggestions work...so use them at your own will and purpose. They both sound good and im almost positive Mr. Vedder wont mind or much care at all !!!

ancientcaine (report)

im sure that its sear insted of stare.

so why do i sear.

shaylyn (report)

I'm almost positive that the lyrics in the last verse should be "i know you'll be a sun"