| A | C | |
| He had a | black eye, |
| F | |
| he was | proud of, |
| C | |
| like some of his | friends, |
| D | |
| it made him feel, |
| C | |
| somewhere | outside, |
| G | Em | |
| of | everything | and everywhere, |
| C | |
| he'd | been. |
| A | C | |
| Like his | brothers, |
| F | |
| he | emptied himself, |
| C | |
| and played it | safe, |
| D | |
| like their | father, |
| C | |
| he wanted to | remember, |
| G | Em | |
| but he | almost always | forgot, |
| C | |
| what he was gonna | say. |
| D | C | G | Em | |
| Black | Eye / | * * | * */ |
| C | |
| Black | Eye |
| A | C | |
| When he'd | realized, |
| F | C | |
| that | this one was here to | stay, |
| D | A | C | |
| he | took down all the | mirrors in the | hallway, |
| G | Em | C | |
| and | thought only | of his younger | face. |
| A | C | G | Em | |
| Black | Eye / | * * | * */ |
| C | |
| Black | Eye |