Black Eyes chords by David Wirsig

[Intro] C   G   F  G C


[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus 1] Fingerpick

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

C   G   F  G C-2xs

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus-strum]

           Am           F       C
and black eyes looking up from below

           Am           F       C
and black eyes looking up from below

           Am           F       C
and black eyes looking up from below

           Am           F       C
and black eyes looking up from below