Big Black Coffin

Verse:
                                Em
It's coming back the things you said to me,
                        Bm               G
I'm hiding away from reality
          Bm             C
Denying myself all the better parts
                                  F
Then you slip back and say don't take it hard
                            Em
And then I find it hard to sleep at all
                              Bm            G
Wishing I could give someone else a call
                Bm              C
Someone that's closer, closer, close to me
                              Am
Forgetting someone might come over me
                 G          Am                      G
Do you know the bar?                The way to the bar?
Chorus:
C                G
       But it's clear and bright now,
Bm               F                    C
       from the statements to the lies
                 G
       From the big black coffin,
Bm             F                   C
       to the black under your eyes
               G               Bm        F                   C
       But if life is complex,           why present a fake?
                G                Bm      F                 Em
       And when I close my eyes,         I still see this face
G                F              Em
Looking upon me, still upon me, still...

2nd Verse (same progression as first verse)
No competition over ecstasy
Find ebb and tide when you're confronting me
I will admit all of my weaker parts
But I shut up if you don't want my point
My point of view to stand against your own
But I don't need to be put down this way
I'm going down this way, but you can stay
Do you know the bar? Know the way to the bar?
Chorus:
But it's clear and bright now,
from the statements to the lies
From the big black coffin,
to the black under your eyes
But if life is complex, why present a fake?
And when I close my eyes, I still see this face
Looking upon me, still upon me, still...
Em
Bridge:
          C               Am                  G
And it's black, because I know it will never work for me
          C               Am                G
And it's black, because I know I don't want us to be
 Em
Another opportunity, wasted by all of these,
Loose-ends,"they don't know their own best" -friends
And "let's pretend"...

            "and it's clear and bright now, from the statments to the lies,
             from the big black coffin, to the black under your..."
"Eyes"
C       Am      G       X2
Outro:
"bah,bah,bah"
C       Am      G       Em