Black Uke tab by Pearl Jam

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

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Year:  1991
Difficulty: 
4
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Enjoy. I think the chords are right


Intro: E chordE, A chordA, E chordE, A chordA

E chordE A chordA E chordE
Hey... oooh...


E chordE A chordA E chordE Asus4 chordAsus4 A chordA
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
E chordE A chordA E chordE
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did.
E chordE A chordA E chordE
All five horizons revolved around her soul
A chordA
As the earth to the sun
E chordE A chordA E chordE
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn
C chordC Em chordEm
Ooh, and all I taught her was everything
C chordC Em chordEm
Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore
D chordD C chordC
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
E chordE
Of what was everything.
D chordD C chordC
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed
E chordE
everything...


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


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


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


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


C chordC
Aah... uuh..


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

Alternately, you may just play on the A chordA String
(Frets)
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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Uke tab by , 20 Jul 2009

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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
Correction

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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