Dr. Dog – That Old Black Hole (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Chords

[Intro] (no guitar yet) Em [Verse 1]
  Em                        G
I put on my clothes like a body guard

          Am                    C
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard

Em                           G
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready

      Am                            C
And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady
[Pre-Chorus 1] (Electric gtr starts picking arpeggios up)
           C
There's an elephant in my head

      Bm
And I tip toe around it

          Em
There are eggshells on the floor

            Am
Therefore I never touch the ground
[Chorus 1] (strumming)
                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.

     D                 D7
You set out each day, never to arrive
[Verse 2] (arpeggio up and down)
          Em
I got my eyes on the prize

        G
But it looks just like a mystery

        Am                 C
And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory

     Em                              G
I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls

          Am                          C
Man, the show really starts once the curtain falls
[Pre-Chorus 2] (strumming)
           C
Take this thorn from my side

          Bm
Fix this chip on my shoulder

        Em
Time is racing with the clock

            Am
And I ain't getting any older
[Chorus 2]
                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.

                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.

                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.

     D                 D7               G
You set out each day, never to arrive
[Bridge] (no guitar, just organ)
   G
I put on my finest thread, and I wrap up my body tight

                    C                     G
With the sun in my eyes, I step into the night

         D/F#                          Em
Like the mystery in the dark. Oh, it's just another kind of light
(strumming)
           G
I don't expect you to believe me

        C         D   G
But everything is alright

              G
I don't make rules for a living, I don't do tricks for a dime

                 C                        G
I was born on a good day, deaf, dumb and blind.

      D/F#                     Em
Who am I to tell the truth? Oh I don't even know what it is.

        G
Well I don't know how to say it

        C              D    G
But I know that I can show you

          G
I said I don't know how to say it

        C              D    G
But I know that I can show you
[Verse 3] (double time)
          G
I tie my boots up tight and I head straight for bed

           C
There's a pistol and a crystal underneath my pillow

           G
There's a tender heart inside that ugly armadillo

            C                        D
"These are tears of joy," cried the weeping willow
[Pre-Chorus 3]
           C
There's a spirit in the air

           D
And there ain't no way around it

       G
I was not prepared to lose it

        C
On the moment that I found it
[Chorus 3]
                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.

                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.

                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.

     D                 D7               G
You set out each day, never to arrive       Woo