Pearl Jam - Black

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General info

  • Key: E
  • Scale: Major pentatonic
  • Time signature: 4/4 [1]
  • Beat: 76 bpm → 19 bars/minute
  • #bars: 81 [2]; 86 [3]; 102 [4] - including outtro. Standard recording is 5:42 → 108,3 bars
  • Syncoped, with bars as here
  • The song is played using two guitars: One rhythm guitar (playing chords mostly) and a lead guitar (playing pentatonic fills).

Akkoorden:

  • Em: E, G, B
  • A: A, C#, E
  • Asus4: A, D, E
  • C: C, E, G
  • D: D, F#, A

Variant Nigel - E - No capo

E-majeur: A-vorm met barré op 7
A-majeur: E-vorm en twee extra open snaren

De akkoorden zijn hetzelfde, maar de manier van spelen is anders.

Intro

{E A, Asus4} x8
  • E: A-vorm met barré op 7 (zie diagram)
  • A: Open F-vorm (zie diagram)


Verse 1 - 0:24

E               A, Asus4          E              A, Asus4
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
     E                 A, Asus4       E
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did

E           A, Asus4                  E           A, Asus4
All five horizons revolved around her soul as the earth to the sun
E             A, Asus4                        E
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn.

Pre-chorus 1 - 1:11

C                                    Em
Hmmmm, and all I taught her was everything
C                                  Em
Hmmmm, I know she gave me all that she wore.

Chorus 1 - 1:35

           D
And now my bitter hands,
      C
Chafe beneath clouds
            Em
Of what was everything.

        D
Oh, the pictures
              C
have all been washed in black
               Em
tattooed everything.

Verse 2 - 1:55

E        A, Asus4             E              A, Asus4
I take a walk outside I'm surrounded by some kids at play
E                A, Asus5              E
I can feel their laughter so, why do I sear.

Pre-chorus 2 - 2:20

C                                               Em
Hmmmm, and twisted thoughts that spin around my head, I'm spinning, oh
    C                                     Em
I'm spinning, How quick the sun can drop away

Chorus 2 - 2:43

           D
And now my bitter hands
       C
cradle broken glass
                Em
of what was everything
        D
all the pictures have
         C
all been washed in black
             Em
tattooed everything
        D
all the love gone bad
          C
turned my world to black
                 D 
and tattooed all I see,
         C
all that I am,
         Em
all I'll be.

Break - 3:21

D C     Em      D       C
  Yeah  Uh huh  Uh huh
  Em
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
  D                          C
I know you'll be a star in somebody elses sky
    Em        D            C
But why, why, why can't it be,
C                 Em
Why can't it be mine
D C

Outtro - 3:21

Em D C (herhalen)

No capo - Easy

Intro

{E A Asus4} x8

Verse 1 - 0:24

E               A, Asus4          E              A, Asus4
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
     E                 A, Asus4       E
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did

E           A, Asus4                  E           A, Asus4
All five horizons revolved around her soul as the earth to the sun
E             A, Asus4                        E
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn.

Pre-chorus 1 - 1:11

C                                    Em
Hmmmm, and all I taught her was everything
C                                  Em
Hmmmm, I know she gave me all that she wore.

Chorus 1 - 1:35

           D
And now my bitter hands,
      C
Chafe beneath clouds
            Em
Of what was everything.

        D
Oh, the pictures
              C
have all been washed in black
               Em
tattooed everything.

Verse 2 - 1:55

E        A, Asus4             E              A, Asus4
I take a walk outside I'm surrounded by some kids at play
E                A, Asus5              E
I can feel their laughter so, why do I sear.

Pre-chorus 2 - 2:20

C                                               Em
Hmmmm, and twisted thoughts that spin around my head, I'm spinning, oh
    C                                     Em
I'm spinning, How quick the sun can drop away

Chorus 2 - 2:43

           D
And now my bitter hands
       C
cradle broken glass
                Em
of what was everything
        D
all the pictures have
         C
all been washed in black
             Em
tattooed everything
        D
all the love gone bad
          C
turned my world to black
                 D       ← CHANGE HERE 3:10
and tattooed all I see,
         C
all that I am,
         Em
all I'll be.

Break - 3:21

D C     Em      D       C
  Yeah  Uh huh  Uh huh
  Em
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
  D                          C
I know you'll be a star in somebody elses sky
    Em        D            C
But why, why, why can't it be,
C                 Em
Why can't it be mine
D C

Outtro - 3:21

Em D C (herhalen)
Asus4.gif

No capo - More accurate

E-chord

You can hear that the basic e-chord in the song, includes a higher tone that what can be produced by the 'ordinary E' (= E-shape). It's obviously the A-shape with a bar on 7

Esus2-chord

  • This too, is an A-shape with a bar on 7.
  • Note that in the easy transcription above, the verse sequence is E, A, Asus4. That's probably not accurate, as we now come up with E, Esus2

A-chord

  • F-shape with bar on 5
Gitaar: E-akkoord: A-vorm met barré op 7
Gitaar: Esus2-akkoord: A-vorm met barré op 7
Guitar: A9 (2): E-vorm met barré op 5

Notes

  • The chords are roughly the same as in the easier version mentioned before, but they are played differently, plus some bells & whistels

Bass

Heee-eeeeeeeyeah
 
G|-21-------------|
D|----20/---------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7---7--------0---0-0-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7----7------------------------------|
E|--------0----0--------------------------------0--0-5---5h7p5----5/3--------|
 
  Sheets of empty canvas...untouched sheets of clay
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7---7--------0---0-0-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7~----------------------------------|
E|--------0----0----------------------------------0~-------------------------|
 
Were laid spread out before me...as her body once did
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7---7--------0---0-0-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7----7------------------------------|
E|--------0----0--------------------------------0--0-5---5h7p5----5/3--------|
 
All five horizons revolved around her soul...as the earth to the sun
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------7--------0---0-0-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7~----------------------------------|
E|--0-----0----0----------------------------------0~-------------------------|
 
Now the air I tasted and breathed...has taken a turn
G|----------------------------------------------------7h9-----7-9-12---------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3----3-3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7~------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
oooh and all I taught her was...everything
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3----3-3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7--------7----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------0----------------------------|
 
ooooh I know she gave me all...that she wore
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7---7-7--5-5---5-5-5--3-3---3-3----7-----7--7-7-7---------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------0-------------------------------|
 
And now my bitter hands...shape beneath the clouds, of what was everything
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7---7-7--5-5---5-5-5--3-3--3-3-3-3------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------|
 
All the pictures have...all been washed in black, tattooed everyting
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7------7----7--0-----0-0-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7------7------------------------|
E|------0----------------------------------------0-----0-5---5h7p5---5/3-----|
 
I take a walk outside...I'm surrounded by some kids at play
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7------7----7--0-----0-0-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7------7------------------------|
E|------0----------------------------------------0------0--------------------|
 
I can feel their laughter...so why do I sear
G|----------------------------------------------------7h9--------7-9-12------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------7h9--------------|
A|--3----3-3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7~------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Ooooh and twisted thoughts they spin...around my head
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3----3-3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7--------7--7---7--7------------|
E|----------------------------------------------0----------------------------|
 
I'm spinnin', ooooh I'm spinnin', how quick the sun can drop away...
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7---7-7--5-5---5-5-5--3-3---3-3----7-----7--7-7-7---------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------0-------------------------------|
 
And now my bitter hands...cradle broken glass of what was everything
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7---7-7--5-5---5-5-5--3-3---3-3----7-----7--7-7-7---------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------0-------------------------------|
 
All the pictures have...all been washed in black, tattooed everything
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7---7-7--5-5---5-5-5--3-3---3-3-3---5-5-5-5-----3-3-3-3-3------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
All the love gone bad turned my world to black, tatooed all I see, all that I am,
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---7-7--7-7----|
E|---------------|
 
all that I'll be
 
And from here on there's just this line over and over again
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7---7-7--5-5---5-5-5--3-3---3-3----7-----7--7-7-7---------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------0-------------------------------|

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