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