Black Ribbons
Shooter JenningsVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Tuned down full step (D-----D)
Chord names not adjusted to tune change (G is actually an F, etc)
Broke down at the end of the night
Can't seem to get anything right
So numb I can't feel things anymore
Somehow could feel me letting go
I know there's so many things
That I need to do and I need to say
No matter how hard I try
I can't get the words out right
Man down, tie a ribbon around my soul
I'm in the black and I'm out of control
Like a ship that's lost in the night
With no direction or guiding light
Man down and I'm drowning in the pain
Face down like a needle in the vein
You're the only thing that keeps me sane
But somehow I can't keep you out of my rain
I see you standing in the rain
The lights in the city feel so bright
All these colors I've got inside
And in these streets I feel like a foreigner
All I paint is myself in a corner
Going on seems to hurt so much
All the world seems so cold to the touch
When I go to sleep I don't dream
I just see a blank television screen
(Chorus)
Tie a ribbon for the child in me
On every door and on every tree
Make it black for the way that I feel
'Cause black is the only color that's real
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Readable chord sheet for Black Ribbons by Shooter Jennings
Tuned down full step (D-[G]-[C]-[F]-[A]-D) Chord names not adjusted to tune change (G is actually an F, etc) [G]Broke down at the end of the night [Em] Can't seem to get [C]anything right [G]So numb I can't feel things anymore [D]Somehow could feel me letting go [C]I know there's [D]so many things [G]That I need to do and I [Em]need to say [C]No matter how hard I[G] try I can't get the[D] words out right [G]Man down, tie a ribbon around my soul [Em]I'm in the black and I'm[C] out of control [D]Like a ship that's lost in the night [C]With no direction or [D]guiding light [G]Man down and I'm drowning in the pain [Em]Face down like a [C]needle in the vein [D]You're the only thing that keeps me sane [C]But somehow I can't keep you [D]out of my rain [G] I see you standing in the [Em]rain [C] The lights in the city feel so bright All these colors I've got inside And in these streets I feel like a foreigner All I paint is myself in a corner Going on seems to hurt so much All the world seems so cold to the touch When I go to sleep I don't dream I just see a blank television screen (Chorus) Tie a ribbon for the child in me On every door and on every tree Make it black for the way that I feel 'Cause black is the only color that's real