Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

I put on my clothes like a body guard

 I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard

 I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready

 And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady

 There's an elephant in my head

 And I tip toe around it

 There are eggshells on the floor

 Therefore I never touch the ground

 It's like that old black hole,

 No matter how you try,

You set out each day

Never to arrive

 I got my eyes on the prize

 But it looks just like a mystery

 And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory

 I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls

 And the show really starts once the curtain falls

 

 Take this thorn from my side

 Fix this chip on my shoulder

 Time is racing with the clock

 And I ain't getting any older

 It's like that old black hole,

 No matter how you try.

 It's like that old black hole,

 No matter how you try.

 It's like that old black hole,

 No matter how you try,

You set out each day

Never to arrive

(Dabble around with G or somthing)

I put on my finest thread, and I wrap up my body tight

With the sun in my eyes, I step into the night

Like the mystery in the dark, Oh, it's just another kind of light

 I don't expect you to believe me

 But everything is alright

 I don't make rules for a living

I don't do tricks for a dime

 I was born on a good day,

 Deaf, dumb and blind.

 Who am I to tell the truth?

 I don't even know what it is.

 I don't know how to say it

 But I know that I can show you

 I don't know how to say it

 But I know that I can show you

 I tie my boots up tight

And I head straight for bed

 There's a pistol and a crystal

Underneath my pillow

 There's a tender heart

Inside that ugly armadillo

 "These are tears of joy,"

 Cried the weeping willow

 There's a spirit in the air

 And there ain't no way around it

 I was not prepared to lose it

 On the moment that I found it

 It's like that old black hole,

 No matter how you try.

 It's like that old black hole,

 No matter how you try.

 It's like that old black hole,

 No matter how you try.

You set out each day

Never to arrive