Black Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Gm D7 F C

Gm D7 F C

Bm We touched the walls of the city streets and

F Dead ends plain, sadly showed us our Cways

 Of never asking Fwhy

Bm Cast down it was heaven sent and

A♯ To the church, no intent to repent on my Dmknees

 Just to Ccry

Gm Until you D7travel to that Fplace you can't come Cback

Gm Where the last D7paint is gone and Fall that's left is Cblack

Bm Grey nights he's coming to me and

F Some day they'll punish my deeds and they'll Cfind

 All the Fcrimes

Bm But then they ask when they gonna see them

A♯ Then they gonna ask to feel the Dmghosts, the walls, the dreams

 And I've got Cmine

Gm At last those D7coming came and Fthey never looked Cback

Gm With blinding D7stars in their eyes but Fall they saw was Cblack

Bm Fooled them hoping to seem

 Like a sFlave of evil but the product of greed

 And it's Cnot a mass so be honest with me

 We can't aFfford to ignore that I'm the disease

Bm Practical since we had to be and

A♯ When they were old they came back to me and they Dmtried

 Oh they Ctried

Gm And when you D7follow through and Fwind up on your Cback

Gm Looking up at those D7stars in the sky those white Fclouds have turned

 to Cblack