Black

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
 
Intro (0:00) 
 
D 
 
 
 
Verse (0:12) 
 
D 
Please don't stop me 
D 
But go and leave me 
D 
You can't keep me inside 
D 
Please don't stop me 
D 
From being so strange 
D 
You can't help me 
D 
With your lies 
D 
Watch me self-destruct 
 
 
 
Verse (0:41) 
 
D 
Please don't stop me 
D 
Let me loose in the black 
D 
You can't touch me 
D 
Because I'm not coming back 
D 
Please don't watch me 
D 
Eyes burn inside 
D 
You can't help me 
D 
Or even try 
D 
Please go and smash me 
D 
Break my bones 
D 
You capture then leave me 
D 
Like a villain alone 
D 
Watch me self-destruct 
 
 
 
Chorus (1:20) 
 
A   A\G 
 
Dm                    D 
   See the light disappear now 
G                   G\C 
   Roll it over the black 
Cm                  Cm\G 
   I've got to disappear now 
F\C                     F  
   And I'm never coming back 
 
G                 G\D      
   Let it roll on over 
D#               C  
   Everything in sight 
F\C                   F 
   It's taken out my feelings 
A#                          F     F# 
   And it's fading out the light 
 
 
 
Outro (2:30) 
 
G 
Watch me self-destruct 
G# 
Watch me self-destruct 
G# 
Watch me self-destruct 
G# 
Watch me self-destruct

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Chord set

D · A · G · Dm · C · Cm · F · D# · A# · F# · G#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.