Black And White chords by Jackson Browne

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:

E MajorE

A augmentedA
Long before you ever saw your chances
E MajorE
You were going to burn this city down
A augmentedA
Tired of the fashions and the dances
E MajorE
Tired of the people standing around
C# minorC#m
Ticking like a bomb in the night
A augmentedA
And you knew you were right
BB
Black and white

Verse 2:

A augmentedA
Blame it on the time it took to leave here
E MajorE
Blame it on the ones who slowed you down
A augmentedA
Blame it on the kind of friends you knew here
E MajorE
Blame it on the sickness going 'round
C# minorC#m
Going round and round in the night
A augmentedA
With your heart out of sight
E MajorE
With your world burning bright
BB
Like a moth 'round a light

Chorus:

C# minorC#m
Black and white
E MajorE
The pictures of a life in flames
C# minorC#m
Black and white
E MajorE
The picture of a life remains
A augmentedA
And the search you half remember
C# minorC#m
Setting out on at the start
A augmentedA
Is burning like an ember in your heart

E MajorE

A augmentedA
Time running out time running out
E MajorE
For the fool still asking what his life is about
A augmentedA
Time running out time running out
Time running out time running out
E MajorE
Yeah, beyond a shadow of a doubt
A augmentedA
Time running out time running out

Verse 3:

E MajorE

A augmentedA
Tell them that you've gone to find a person
E MajorE
Someone you lost track of long ago
A augmentedA
Tell them that it's someone you need worse than
E MajorE
Anybody else you'll ever know
C# minorC#m
Ticking like a bomb in the night
A augmentedA
You were strong, you were light
E MajorE
You were fast, you were bright
BB
Then you were gone in the light

Chorus:

C# minorC#m
Black and white
E MajorE
The pictures of a life in flames
BB  C# minorC#m
Black and white
E MajorE
The picture of a life remains
A augmentedA
And the high ideals and the promise
 C# minorC#m
You once dressed the future in
A augmentedA
Are dancing in the embers with the wind
E MajorE
A augmentedA
Time running out time running out
E MajorE
For the fool still asking what his life is about
A augmentedA
Time running out time running out
E MajorE
Yeah, beyond a shadow of a doubt, time