The intro and verse go as it is tabbed below.
Rest of the song goes as usual, optionally
you can tune your guitar a half-step down tuning,
as it makes the song a little bit easier to sing.


         
e|--7-------7-
B|--9-------10
G|--7-------9-
D|--9-------7-
A|--7-------7-
E|--x-------x-

          
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--7------9----
--9------7----
--7------9----
--7------7----
--x------x----

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[Intro]

E7, Esus, E7, E6sus9, E7

               E6sus9    

Hey,      hey,      yeah,        uh

[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, ooh

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Hmmmmm, And al

              
l I taught her

       
 was everythin

g
             
Hmmmmm, I know

              
 she gave me a

      
ll that she wo

re

[Chorus]
              
And now my bit

 
ter hands
     
chafe beneath 

the clouds
         
Of what was ev

erything
      
Oh, the pictur

es have
        
all been washe

d in black
          
Tattooed every

thing

[Verse 2]
            
I take a walk 

          
outside, I'm s

         
urrounded by s

        
ome kids at pl

ay
            
I can feel the

          
ir laughter, s

    
o why do I sea

r

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Hmmmmm, and tw

              
isted thoughts

             
 that spin 'ro


und my head
              
I'm spinning, 

             
Hmmmmmm I'm sp

              
inning, how qu

              
ick the sun ca

       
n drop away

[Chorus]
              
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
          
Oh    oh     o

oh


[Outro]
   
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 be,
             
oh can't it be

   
 mine?
            
Ooh, ah yeah, 

   
ah ooh
             
Doodoo-doo-doo

  
-doodoodoo,
             
Doodoo-doo-doo

   
-doodoodoo