Black Ribbons chords by Struggle Jennings

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: D#b

Intro:

Gm    F    C


Verse 1:
C
Broke down at the end of the night
Am                 F
Can't seem to get anything right
C
So numb I can't feel things anymore
G
Somehow can feel me letting go
F                    G
I know that there's so many things
       C               Am
That I need to do and I need to say
F                     C
No matter how I hard try
                G
I can't get the words out right

Chorus:
C
Man down tie a ribbon 'round my soul
Am                        F
I'm in the black and I'm out of control
G
Like a ship that's lost in the night
F                     G
With no direction, a guiding light
C
Man down and I'm drowning in the pain
Am                F
Face down like a needle in the vein
G
You're the only thing that keeps me sane
    F                         G             C
But somehow I can't keep you out of the rain
                          Am    F  N.C.
I see you standing in the rain


Verse 2:
    C
The lights in the city feel so bright
Am                     F
All these colors I've got inside
C
In these streets I feel like a foreigner
G
All I paint is myself in a corner
F                  G
Going on seems to hurt so much
C                       Am
All the world seems so cold to the touch
     F                      C
When I go to sleep I don't dream
                G
I just see that blank television screen


Chorus:
C
Man down tie a ribbon 'round my soul
Am                        F
I'm in the black and I'm out of control
G
Like a ship that's lost in the night
F                     G
With no direction, a guiding light
C
Man down and I'm drowning in the pain
Am                F
Face down like a needle in the vein
G
You're the only thing that keeps me sane
    F                         G             C
But somehow I can't keep you out of the rain
                          Am    F  Gm   F  C   N.C.
I see you standing in the rain


Bridge:
C
Tie a ribbon for the child in me
Am                 F
And every door on every tree
C
Make it black for the way that I feel
       G      N.C.
'Cause black is the only color that's real


Chorus:
C
Man down tie a ribbon 'round my soul
Am                        F
I'm in the black and I'm out of control
G
Like a ship that's lost in the night
F                     G
With no direction, a guiding light
C
Man down and I'm drowning in the pain
Am                F
Face down like a needle in the vein
G
You're the only thing that keeps me sane
    F                         G             C
But somehow I can't keep you out of the rain
                          Am   F
I see you standing in the rain


Outro:
C
Broke down at the end of the night
Am                 F         N.C.
Can't seem to get anything right