Black Eyes chords by David Wirsig

Chords with lyrics

[Intro] C majorC  G+G  FF G+G C majorC


[Verse 1]

     C majorC                 G+G
it's that old recurring dream where you're drowning
        FF          C majorC
flailing your arms out, fearful and frantic
                  G+G
and black waves are curling and pounding
        FF           C majorC
down onto your head somewhere in the Atlantic
                 G+G
through the fathoms below you a shadow
        FF             C majorC
is gliding up towards you with singular purpose
                G+G
and hundreds of thousands of gallons
     FF                C majorC
of ocean froth and foam as it breaks the surface

[Chorus 1] Fingerpick

      A minorAm      FF     C*
its black eyes find you almost at once
      A minorAm      FF     C*
its black eyes find you almost at once
      A minorAm     FF      C majorC
you can't hide, swim away or take air into your lungs
A minorAm   FF            C majorC
to scream for help that won't come

C majorC  G+G  FF G+G C-2xs

[Verse 2]

   C majorC        G+G
and oftentimes I am awoken
         FF             C majorC
at three in the morning by screams in the attic
                  G+G
I'll run upstairs, wrench the door open
       FF               G+G
call out a warning (and try not to sound panicked)
     C majorC            G+G
but my hammering heart hears the voices
          FF                C majorC
of spirits that tempt us, the scorn that they've spoken
    C majorC             G+G
I'll remember the sad frightened noises
            FF
of an old friend who dreamt once of storms on the ocean

[Chorus-strum]

      A minorAm      FF    C majorC
and black eyes looking up from below

      A minorAm      FF    C majorC
and black eyes looking up from below

      A minorAm      FF    C majorC
and black eyes looking up from below

      A minorAm      FF    C majorC
and black eyes looking up from below