Black Chords

by Pearl Jam
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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Chords

E
A
D
G
B
E7
E5
A5
As4
C
Em

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Black - Pearl Jam (1991)
Music/Lyrics By: Stone Gossard/Eddie Vedder.
Chorded By: Zack Oxford.
 
4/4 TIME @ 80 BPM (5 Min. 42 Sec.) in 'A' and 'G'.
 
Chords Used:
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              GUITAR              KEYS
         E  A  D  G  B  e    Bass|  Chord
        ------------------   ---------------
E7    -  x  x  2  4  3  4     E    B-D-E-G#
E9n3  -  x  x  2  4  3  2     E    B-D-E-F#
As2   -  x  0  2  2  0  0     A    A-B-E
A5    -  x  0  2  2  x  x     A    A-E
D5    -  x  x  0  2  x  x     D    A-D
E7n3  -  x  x  2  4  3  0     E    B-D-E
A     -  x  0  2  2  2  0     A    A-C#-E
E     -  0  2  2  1  0  0     E    B-E-G#
E5    -  0  2  2  x  x  x     E    B-E
As4   -  x  0  2  2  3  0     A    A-D-E
C     -  x  3  5  5  5  3     C    G-C-E
Em    -  0  2  2  0  0  0     E    G-B-E
G     -  3  2  0  0  0  3     G    G-B-D     -OR-
      -  3  2  0  0  3  3
D     -  x  x  0  2  3  2     D    A-D-F#
 
INTRO: [8 M] ** KEY = 'A' -
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 1+ 2+3+4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4  +    1 2 3 4  1+2+3+4+    1+2+3+ 4  +
|NC E7  E9n3|As2      A5 D5 E7n3|E7  E9n3|A5     E7n3|E7       E9n3|
                                                         Yeah…
 
 1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4
|A       |E E7    |E7      |
…
 
VERSE #1: [16 M]
--------
 
|E7                   E9n3|A                   |E7                 E5|
 Sheets… of… emp-… ty can-… vas…   un-touched…   sheets… of clay…
 
|A5    E7  |E7                    E9n3|A              |
        Her legs… spread… out… be-fore… me…     as her…
 
|A                    |A           |E                  |
… bod-y was… there…           Woah, all…   five… ho-ri-…
 
|A                     |E                 |
… zons,…  re-volved…  a-round… the sun…
 
|A                               |E                      |
  I see earth through the sun…    Now… the… air… I… tast-…
 
|A                    As4 |E                  |E         |
…-ed and breathed,…    has… tak-en a turn…         Ooh,…
 
CHORUS #1: [14 M] ** KEY = 'G' -
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|C                     |C                       |Em      |Em       G |
 all… I… know I… taught… her was…   ev-'ry-thing…            Ooh,…
 
|C                     |C                  |Em         |
 all… I… know she… gave… me all…   that she…   wore…
 
|Em             D      |D                   C    |
     And now my bit-ter… hands…   shake… be-neath
 
|C                              Em   |Em           D        |
 the clouds… of what was ev-'ry-thing…     All the pic-tures…
 
|D                  C        |C                          Em |…       |
… have…   all… been washed in… black,…  tat-tooed ev-'ry-day…
 
VERSE #2: [8 M] ** KEY = 'A' -
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|E                |A                           |E                  |
   I… take… a walk… out-side,…   I'm sur-round-… ed by…   some kids…
 
|A               |E                          |A      As4 A  |
… that play…      I… can… feel… their… laugh-… ter,…     so…
 
|E                   |E          |
… what do I say?…          Ooh,…
 
CHORUS #2: [24 M] ** KEY = 'G' -
---------
 
|C                           |C                       |Em            |
 hot… and… twist-ed… thoughts… that spin…   'round my…   head…    I'm
 
|Em                G   |C                             |
 spin-nin',… oh,…   I'm spin-nin'. How… quick the… sun…
 
|C                  |Em      |Em             D      |
… can…    drop a-way…             And now my bit-ter…
 
|D                    C      |…                         Em   |
… hands,…   cra-… dle bro-ken… glass of what was ev-'ry-thing…
 
|Em           D        |…                  C        |
…     All the pic-tures… have…   all… been washed in…
 
|C                          Em |…             D   |
… black,…  tat-tooed ev-'ry-day…     All… the love…
 
|D                     C    |…                           D|
… gone bad…  turned my world… to black,…  tat-tooed all I…
 
|D                 C|…                Em|…      D|…          C|
… see,…  all… that I… am,…  all… I'll be,…              yeah,…
 
|C      Em |…      D  |…      C|…      Em|
…       ah,…       ah,…                I…
 
BRIDGE: [24 M]
------
 
|Em                                           D|
 know some day you'll have a beautiful life. I…
 
|D                         C     |…                     Em      |
 know you'll be a sun…   in some-… bo-…  dy els-es sky… But why,…
 
|Em         D  |…           C   |…                  Em |…      D|
…   why,…   why…      can it be?…  How can it be?…  Oh,…
 
|D     C       |…       Em|…         D   |…      C|…      Em|
…      Ah, hey,… ay…            Oh,… yeah…
 
|Em        D   |…      C|…      Em|…         D   |…      C|…      Em|
      Oh,… yeah…                        Oh,… yeah…
 
|Em        D   |…      C|…      Em|…                 D |
      Oh,… yeah…                      Da-da-da da-da-da…
 
|D                 C |…                 Em|
    Da-da-da da-da-da…   Da-da-da da-da-da…
 
CODA: [20 M]
----
 
|…      D   |…      C|…      D|…      C  |…        Em|…         D  |
…       Yeah…                         Ah,… ha…           Ah,…   ah,…
 
|D                  C    |…        Em|…         D  |
… ah,… ah,… ah, ah, yeah,…     yeah…     Ah,…   ah,…
 
|D                  C    |…        Em|…         D  |
… ah,… ah,… ah, ah, yeah,…     yeah…     Ah,…   ah,…
 
|D                  C    |…        Em|…         D  |
… ah,… ah,… ah, ah, yeah,…     yeah…     Ah,…   ah,…
 
|D                  C    |…        Em|…       |Em      |Em      |
… ah,… ah,… ah, ah, yeah,…     yeah…
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