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                           Black (Live Acoustic) Kaufman Astoria
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ARTIST: Pearl Jam
ALBUM: MTV Unplugged
YEAR: 1992
CAPO: 0
TUNING: standard


Differences from other versions
[Full and corrected lyrics - lyrics not same as studio version 
[Chords used by original rec
[Barre chord chart
[Grace chords added


CHORDS:
 
Intro / Verse:

        
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A||--7-----7--
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7---2------9--
7---1------7--
7---1------9--
7----------9--
x----------7--

        
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Bridge

           
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A||--10----7--
E||--8-----7--

      
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Chorus

           
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B||--8-----7--
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D||--10----7--
A||--10----5--
E||--8-----5--

           
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---3-------10-
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---INTRO--- [K

EY A]


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x2

 -  -

  -  -

 

---VERSE 1---


            
Sheets of empt

           
y canvas, unto

      (
uched sheets o

 
f clay

            
Were laid spre

           
ad out before 

           (
me as her body

 
 once did

         
All five horiz

              
ons revolved a

            
round her soul

 
 as the earth 

to the sun

            
Now the air I 

           
tasted and bre

  (   
athed has take

    ( 
n a turn


---CHORUS 1---

 [KEY G]

             
Hmmmm, and all

              
 I taught her 

 ( 
was everything
             
Hmmmm, How qui

            (
ck the sun can

 
 drop away

           
And now my bit

ter hands,
      
Cradle broken 

glass 
            
Of what was ev

erything
        
Oh, the pictur

es had
              
Have all been 


washed in blac

k
              
Tattooed every


thing


---VERSE 2--- 

[KEY A]

          
I  take a  wal

              
k outside I'm 

         (
surrounded by 

 
some kids at p

lay
             
Oh, I can feel

           
 their laughte

      
r          so,

  
  why do I sea

r


---CHORUS 2---

 [KEY G]

             
Hmm and twiste

              
d thoughts tha

              
t spin 'round 

      
my head, I'm s

pinning, oh
              
I'm spinning, 

             
How quick the 

    ( 
sun can drop a


way
             
And now my bit

          
ter hands
             
Cradle broken 

         
glass
              
Of what was ev

  
erything
        
All the pictur

es have
         
All been washe

d in black
             
Tattooed every


thing
        
All the love g

one bad
          
Turned my worl

d to black
             
Tattooed all I

 
 see,
         
All that I am,
            
All I'll be   

   
    Yeah

           
Uh huh  Uh huh

  

---ENDING---

  
I know someday

 you'll have a

 beautiful lif

e,
             
I know you'll 

            
be a star in s

omebody else's

 sky
            
But why, why, 

            
why can't it b

e,
              
Why can't it b

              
e mine


         (till end)

Em    A    C (can mix it up)

          ...