Black

I finally managed to make my good friend Batur take me to Seekonk, MA where I bought myself a digital camera from best buy and a beginner's acoustic guitar from target. Ever since I've laid my hands on the guitar (2 days), this magnificent song by Pearl Jam is what I've been trying to play. It sounds pretty easy and the chords are very simple but even to create a tiny little resemblance to the way Eddie Vedder sings the song is very difficult.

I looked at a bunch of videos of the song and this one, performed recently (look at Eddie's hair) is by far the best one. It's calmer, the lyrics are more understandable and there's a very nice guitar solo at the end.

Here are the lyrics and up there is the video.
Enjoy!

Black by Pearl Jam
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hey...oooh...
sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
were laid spread out before me as her body once did
all five horizons revolved around her soul
as the earth to the sun
now the air i tasted and breathed has taken a turn
ooh, and all i taught her was everything
ooh, i know she gave me all that she wore
and now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
of what was everything?
oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

i take a walk outside
i’m surrounded by some kids at play
i can feel their laughter, so why do i sear
oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
i’m spinning, oh, i’m spinning
how quick the sun can, drop away
and now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
of what was everything (note the lack of question mark)
all the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...
all the love gone bad turned my world to black
tattooed all i see, all that i am, all i’ll ever be...yeah...

uh huh...uh huh...ooh...
i know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, i know you’ll be a star
in somebody else’s sky, but why
why, why can’t it be, why can’t it be mine