[Intro] (no guitar yet)
Em

[Verse 1]
  Em                        G
I put on my clothes like a body guard
          Am                    C
I put the dogs on patrol in my own back yard
Em                           G
I don't wanna fight but I'm constantly ready
      Am                            C
And I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady

[Pre-Chorus 1] (Electric gtr starts picking arpeggios up)
           C
There's an elephant in my head
      Bm
And I tip toe around it
          Em
There are eggshells on the floor
            Am
Therefore I never touch the ground

[Chorus 1] (strumming)
                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.
     D                 D7
You set out each day, never to arrive

[Verse 2] (arpeggio up and down)
          Em
I got my eyes on the prize
        G
But it looks just like a mystery
        Am                 C
And it all goes by on the lonesome trail to victory
     Em                              G
I'm drawing in the blinds, I got my own four walls
          Am                          C
Man, the show really starts once the curtain falls

[Pre-Chorus 2] (strumming)
           C
Take this thorn from my side
          Bm
Fix this chip on my shoulder
        Em
Time is racing with the clock
            Am
And I ain't getting any older

[Chorus 2]
                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.
                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.
                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.
     D                 D7               G
You set out each day, never to arrive

[Bridge] (no guitar, just organ)
   G
I put on my finest thread, and I wrap up my body tight
                    C                     G
With the sun in my eyes, I step into the night
         D/F#                          Em
Like the mystery in the dark. Oh, it's just another kind of light

(strumming)
           G
I don't expect you to believe me
        C         D   G
But everything is alright

              G
I don't make rules for a living, I don't do tricks for a dime
                 C                        G
I was born on a good day, deaf, dumb and blind.
      D/F#                     Em
Who am I to tell the truth? Oh I don't even know what it is.

        G
Well I don't know how to say it
        C              D    G
But I know that I can show you
          G
I said I don't know how to say it
        C              D    G
But I know that I can show you

[Verse 3] (double time)
          G
I tie my boots up tight and I head straight for bed
           C
There's a pistol and a crystal underneath my pillow
           G
There's a tender heart inside that ugly armadillo
            C                        D
"These are tears of joy," cried the weeping willow

[Pre-Chorus 3]
           C
There's a spirit in the air
           D
And there ain't no way around it
       G
I was not prepared to lose it
        C
On the moment that I found it

[Chorus 3]
                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.
                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.
                C                  D
It's like that old black hole, no matter how you try.
     D                 D7               G