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Em
Take a look at my life, all black
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Take a look at my clothes, all black
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Like Johnny Cash, all black
D
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black
Em
Like the night that we met, all black
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Like the color of your dress, all black
C
Like the seats in my Cadillac
D
I used to see red now it's just all black
Em
As long as I could remember
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I dreamed in black and white
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As I grew up and the sun went down
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I never felt more alright
Em
My mother she used to tell me,
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"Son you better get to church"
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It's a dark dark world and there's evil out there
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And you know it's only getting worse"
Em
Yeah, I never been much for weddings
G
or anniversaries
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But I go to a funeral if I'm invited
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any day of the week
Em
Some people say that I sound strange,
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some say that I'm not right
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But I find beauty in this world
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every single night
Em
Take a look at my life, all black
G
Take a look at my clothes, all black
C
Like Johnny Cash, all black
D
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black
Em
Like the night that we met, all black
G
Like the color of your dress, all black
C
Like the seats in my Cadillac
D
I used to see red now it's just all black
Em
I sat down at her table
G
at the end of the night
C
She was having black coffee and a cigarette
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She wasn't wearing white
Em
She said, "People tell me that I'm strange
G
they say that I'm not right"
C
She said, "The only time I feel alive is
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in the dead of night"
Em
I think I found the one for me
Em
Take a look at my life, all black
G
Take a look at my clothes, all black
C
Like Johnny Cash, all black
D
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black
Em
Like the night that we met, all black
G
Like the color of your dress, all black
C
Like the seats in my Cadillac
D
I used to see red now it's just all black
G
I remember feeling so alive
C
The night I looked into her eyes
Em
Take a look at my life, all black
G
Take a look at my clothes, all black
C
Like Johnny Cash, all black
D
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black
Em
Like the night that we met, all black
G
Like the color of your dress, all black
C
Like the seats in my Cadillac
D
I used to see red now it's just all black