The Staves - Black White

      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


Em
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


Em
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
Well I can bite my lips, I can chew my hair
G
But I'm still stone heavy and unprepared
Bm                      A
Like an empty chair I was always there


G
Aaah


Em
Well I can bite my lips, I can chew my hair
G
But I'm still stone heavy and unprepared
Bm                      A             
Like an empty chair I was always there


Em
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