Black Eye
A C
He had a black eye,
F
he was proud of,
C
like some of his friends,
D
it made him feel,
C
somewhere outside,
G Em
of everything and everywhere,
C
he'd been.
A C
Like his brothers,
F
he emptied himself,
C
and played it safe,
D
like their father,
C
he wanted to remember,
G Em
but he almost always forgot,
C
what he was gonna say.
d C G Em
Black Eye /* * * */
C
Black Eye
A C
When he'd realized,
F C
that this one was here to stay,
D A C
he took down all the mirrors in the hallway,
G Em C
and thought only of his younger face.
A C G Em
Black Eye /* * * */
C
Black Eye