Black Uke tab by Pearl Jam

6 Chords used in the song: E, A, Asus4, C, Em, D

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Year:  1991
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4
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Enjoy. I think the chords are right


Intro: E E, A A, E E, A A

E E A A E E
Hey... oooh...


E E A A E E Asus4 Asus4 A A
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
E E A A E E
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did.
E E A A E E
All five horizons revolved around her soul
A A
As the earth to the sun
E E A A E E
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn
C C Em Em
Ooh, and all I taught her was everything
C C Em Em
Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore
D D C C
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
E E
Of what was everything.
D D C C
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed
E E
everything...


E E A A
I take a walk outside
E E A A
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
E E A A E E A A
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear?
C C Em Em
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
C C
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
Em Em
How quick the sun can drop away


D D C C
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
E E
Of what was everything?
D D C C
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed
Em Em
everything...


D D C C
All the love gone bad turned my world to black
D D C C E E D D C C
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be..... yeah...
E E D D C C
Uh huh... uh huh... ooh...


Em Em
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
D D C C E E
I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky, but why
D D C C Em Em D D
Why, why can't it be, can't it be mine......


C C
Aah... uuh..


E E D D C C
Too doo doo too, too doo doo [many times until fade]

Alternately, you may just play on the A A String
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2,3,5,3,2,3,2... repeatedly to compliment the song

Above all, have fun with it, mix it up! Throw in a minor chord, change your strum; play it how you interpret it.

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I think the correct chord not E but 2424.
I would first pick the fourth fret on C, and then play this chord.
13 Sep 2012
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About this song: Black

"Black" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. The song is the fifth track on the band's debut album, Ten (1991). Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard, "Black" is a soliloquy by a broken-hearted man, who is remembering his absent lover. After Ten became a commercial success in 1992, Pearl Jam's record label Epic Records urged the group to release the song as a single. The band refused, citing the song's personal nature.

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