Intro: Gmin - 4bars

G5                     B5
I put on my clothes like a body guard
        C5                     E5
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard
G5                           B5
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready
    C5                             E5
And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady

         E5
There's an elephant in my head
      B5
And I tip toe around it
         C5
There are eggshells on the floor
          E5
Therefore I never touch the ground

               E5
It's like that old black hole,
  F#maj
No matter how you try,
  F#maj
You set out each day
F#maj
Never to arrive

        G5
I got my eyes on the prize
        B5
But it looks just like a mystery
        C5                  E5
And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory
    G5                           B5
I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls
          C5                        E5
And the show really starts once the curtain falls

         E5
Take this thorn from my side
         B5
Fix this chip on my shoulder
         C5
Time is racing with the clock
         E5
And I ain't getting any older


               E5
It's like that old black hole,
  F#maj
No matter how you try,

               E5
It's like that old black hole,
  F#maj
No matter how you try,

               E5
It's like that old black hole,
  F#maj
No matter how you try,
  F#maj
You set out each day
F#maj
Never to arrive

Gmin("Whoo!")


B5
I put on my finest thread
      B5                                C5
And I wrap up my body tight
                      C5
With the sun in my eyes
                 B5
I step into the night
       C5                E5
Like the mystery in the dark
Oh, it's just another kind of light

      B5
I don't expect you to believe me
      C5              B5
But everything is al--right
          B5
I don't make rules for a living
      B5                            C5
I don't do tricks for a dime

                 C5
I was born on a good day,
                 B5
Deaf, dumb and blind.
      C5           E5
Who am I to tell the truth?

I don't even know what it is.


  B5                           C5                B5
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.
  B5                           C5                B5
I don't know how to say it but I know that I can show you.


(now for the fun..double time)

      B5
I tie my boots up tight
  B5
And I head straight for bed
         C5
There's a pistol and a crystal
C5
Underneath my pillow

       B5
There's a tender heart
           B5
Inside that ugly armadillo
          C5
"These are tears of joy,"
         F#maj
Cried the weeping willow

        E5
There's a spirit in the air
       F#maj
And there ain't no way around it
      B5
I was not prepared to lose it
       C5
On the moment that I found it

               E5
It's like that old black hole,
  F#maj
No matter how you try,

               E5
It's like that old black hole,
  F#maj
No matter how you try,

               E5
It's like that old black hole,
  F#maj
No matter how you try,
  F#maj
You set out each day
F#maj
Never to arrive

Hang onto that end chord:Bmaj