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Intro F# A F# A
E D E F# A
F# A
Apologies to future mes and yous
F# A
But I can't help feeling like we're through
E D
The ripping of the tape hurts my ears
E F# A
In my years, I have never seen anyone quit quite like you do
F# A
Twin bruises on my shins
F# A
From where I kicked the back of the seat in
E D
They meant what I went through for you
E F# A
But now they're fading, now they're gone
Solo E
F#m F# A F# A
These teenage hands will never touch yours again
E
But I remember you
D
You had a body
E F#m A
You had hands and arms and legs and et cetera
F# A
In the morning when I wake up, are you mine?
(Did I fail? Did I fall?)
F# E A E
Take the trash out like a bad dream, are you gone?
(Did I waste my time, waste my time on a broken heart?)
E D
From the old house, the fiercest heart spoke, are you mine?
(Or is this the start of the great silence?)
E F# A
Christmas tree's dead, you know how time flies, are you gone?
(Is this the start of every day?)
F#
I'm not gonna end up a nervous wreck
A
Like the people I know who are nervous wrecks
F#
Though I'm not gonna name names
Yours was an exception
A E
Did the sound just stop?
E
At the end of every day
D A
There'll be nothing left to say
E
There'll be no backstage pass
( F#m A )
E
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
E
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
E
We've gotta go back
A B
We've gotta go back
E
We've gotta go back
A B
We've gotta go back
E
We've gotta go back
A B
We've gotta go back
E
We've gotta go back
A B
We've gotta go back
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( F# A F# A E D E F#m A )
( D C#m B A )
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D
Don't get too impressed
C#m
You might lose your breath
B
Don't predict your death
A
'Cause I like you the best
D
Don't you fall apart
C#m
You might lose my heart
B
You know I love your art
( A )
D C#m
The ocean washed over your grave
Bm A
The ocean washed open your grave
D C#m
The ocean washed over your grave
Bm A
The ocean washed open your grave
D C#m
The ocean washed over your grave
Bm A
The ocean washed open your grave
D C#m
The ocean washed over your grave
Bm A
The ocean washed open your grave
D C#m
The ocean washed over your grave
Bm A
The ocean washed open your grave
D C#m
The ocean washed over your grave
Bm A
The ocean washed open your grave
D
So descend into cliche
C#m
If you've found your holy grail
Bm
I could fill back in that grave
A
I could hammer in that nail
D
I could give you what you want
C#m
I could give you what you deserve
Bm
I could sing another song
A
I could watch that hammer swerve
D
And when the mirror breaks
C#m
I wouldn't miss it for the world
Bm
Call it blackstar, call it painstar
A
The same thing happens when you touch it
D
Let me tell you, did they tell you
What happens when you touch it? Did they tell you?
C#m
Let me tell you what happens when you touch it
Bm
Let me tell you, let me, let me
A
Let me, let me, let me, let me
Let me, let me, let me, let me, let me
D C#m Bm A
Let me in
( D C#m Bm A )
( D E Bm Bm )
( A D C#m Bm A )
D
So descend into cliche
C#m
If the music has forsaken you
Bm
Roll the stone over the grave
A
I never liked that one anyways
D
Or stare into the face
C#m
Of whatever it is that's facing you
Bm
And if the levee breaks
A
You'll find out what it is that's replacing you
D
And when the mirror breaks
C#m
I wouldn't miss it for the world
Bm
Call it blackstar, call it painstar
A Bm C#m
The same thing happens when you touch it
D
Did they tell you what happens when you touch it?
C#m
Did they tell you what happens when you touch it?
Bm
Did they tell you
Did they tell me
A Bm C#m D C#m A C#m D Bm
What happened to you?
Final F#m E A C#m D Bm
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Written by Will Toledo