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Capo 1
(Begins with percussion only)
See myself in black and white
It isn't done, it isn't right
See it there before my eyes
It's a sorry song, a sorry sight
You sunk your teeth, you're in me deep
I couldn't sing, I couldn't sleep
Beat your chest with both your hands
For all I was, for all I am, all I am
EmAaah
EmThen all my thoughts sGolidify
To Asudden diamonds in Gmy mind
EmI lit the fuse so run Gand hide
So Ahoney sweet and shoGulda known, shoulda known
EmAaah
EmBlack and whiGte, it Aisn't rigGht
EmTo hold me doGwn and Ableed me Gdry
EmCut the ties Gthat keAep me up Gat night
EmOr make me see myseGlf iAn black and whiteG  Em  
EmWell I can bite my lips, I can chew my hair
GBut I'm still stone heavy and unprepared
BmLike an empty chair I waAs always there
GAaah
EmWell I can bite my lips, I can chew my hair
GBut I'm still stone heavy and unprepared
BmLike an empty chair I waAs always there
EmAaah
EmBlack and whiGte, it Aisn't rigGht
EmTo hold me doGwn and Ableed me Gdry
EmCut the ties Gthat keAep me up Gat night
EmOr make me see myseGlf iAn black and whiteG  Em  
Em (single strum then a cappella)
See myself in black and white
It isn't done, it isn't right

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Black White

by The Staves

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 1

(Begins with percussion only)

See myself in black and white

It isn't done, it isn't right

See it there before my eyes

It's a sorry song, a sorry sight

You sunk your teeth, you're in me deep

I couldn't sing, I couldn't sleep

Beat your chest with both your hands

For all I was, for all I am, all I am

Aaah

Em G

Then all my thoughts solidify

A G

To sudden diamonds in my mind

Em G

I lit the fuse so run and hide

A G

So honey sweet and shoulda known, shoulda known

Aaah

Em G A G

Black and white, it isn't right

Em G A G

To hold me down and bleed me dry

Em G A G

Cut the ties that keep me up at night

Em G A G Em

Or make me see myself in black and white

Well I can bite my lips, I can chew my hair

But I'm still stone heavy and unprepared

Bm A

Like an empty chair I was always there

Aaah

Well I can bite my lips, I can chew my hair

But I'm still stone heavy and unprepared

Bm A

Like an empty chair I was always there

Aaah

Em G A G

Black and white, it isn't right

Em G A G

To hold me down and bleed me dry

Em G A G

Cut the ties that keep me up at night

Em G A G Em

Or make me see myself in black and white

Em (single strum then a cappella)

See myself in black and white

It isn't done, it isn't right

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