Black And White chords by Jackson Browne

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:

E

A
Long before you ever saw your chances
E
You were going to burn this city down
A
Tired of the fashions and the dances
E
Tired of the people standing around
C#m
Ticking like a bomb in the night
A

And you knew you were right
B
Black and white

Verse 2:

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

Chorus:

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

E

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

Verse 3:

E

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

Chorus:

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