That Old Black Hole keyboard

That Old Black Hole

• G

Intro: G (4x) 

Gm9                     B 
I put on my clothes like a body guard 
        C#m7                     E 
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard 
Gm9                           B 
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready 
    C#m7                             E 
And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady 

         E 
There's an elephant in my head 
      B 
And I tip toe around it 
         C#m7 
There are eggshells on the floor 
          E 
Therefore I never touch the ground 

               E 
It's like that old black hole, 
  F# 
No matter how you try, 
  F# 
You set out each day 
F# 
Never to arrive 

        Gm9 
I got my eyes on the prize 
        B 
But it looks just like a mystery 
        C#m7                  E 
And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory 
    Gm9                           B 
I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls 
          C#m7                        E 
And the show really starts once the curtain falls 

         E 
Take this thorn from my side 
         B 
Fix this chip on my shoulder 
         C#m7 
Time is racing with the clock 
         E 
And I ain't getting any older 


               E 
It's like that old black hole, 
  F# 
No matter how you try, 

               E 
It's like that old black hole, 
  F# 
No matter how you try, 

               E 
It's like that old black hole, 
  F# 
No matter how you try, 
  F# 
You set out each day 
F# 
Never to arrive 

Gmin("Whoo!") 


B 
I put on my finest thread 
      B                                C#m7 
And I wrap up my body tight 
                      C#m7 
With the sun in my eyes 
                 B 
I step into the night 
       C#m7                E 
Like the mystery in the dark 
Oh, it's just another kind of light 

      B 
I don't expect you to believe me 
      C#m7              B 
But everything is al--right 
          B 
I don't make rules for a living 
      B                            C#m7 
I don't do tricks for a dime 

                 C#m7 
I was born on a good day, 
                 B 
Deaf, dumb and blind. 
      C#m7           E 
Who am I to tell the truth? 

I don't even know what it is. 


  B                           C#m7                B 
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you. 
  B                           C#m7                B 
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you. 


(now for the fun..double time) 

      B 
I tie my boots up tight 
  B 
And I head straight for bed 
         C#m7 
There's a pistol and a crystal 
C#m7 
Underneath my pillow 

       B 
There's a tender heart 
           B 
Inside that ugly armadillo 
          C#m7 
"These are tears of joy," 
         F# 
Cried the weeping willow 

        E 
There's a spirit in the air 
       F# 
And there ain't no way around it 
      B 
I was not prepared to lose it 
       C#m7 
On the moment that I found it 

               E 
It's like that old black hole, 
  F# 
No matter how you try, 

               E 
It's like that old black hole, 
  F# 
No matter how you try, 

               E 
It's like that old black hole, 
  F# 
No matter how you try, 
  F# 
You set out each day 
F# 
Never to arrive 

Hang onto that end chord:Bmaj  

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