JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Black" merupakan salah satu lagu band rock Pearl Jam pada awal masa debutnya.
Lagu tersebut rilis pada 1991 dalam album perdana mereka, Ten.
Meski lagu ini tidak dipromosikan secara langsung oleh Pearl Jam, trek ballad satu ini sangat disukai oleh para penggemar.
Bahkan "Black" berhasil menempati posisi kesembilan dalam daftar pilihan Best Ballad of All Time oleh majalah Rolling Stone.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Let Me Sleep dari Pearl Jam
Berikut lirik serta chord lagu "Black" milik Pearl Jam.
[Verse 1]
E A E A
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
E A E
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did
E A E A
All five horizons revolved around her soul as the earth to the sun
E A E
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn
C Em
Mm, and all I taught her was everything
C Em
Mm, I know she gave me all that she wore
[Chorus]
D
And now my bitter hands,
C
Chafe beneath the clouds
Em
Of what was everything
D
All the pictures
C
Have all been washed in black
Em
Tattooed everything
[Verse 2]
E A E A
I take a walk outside, I'm surrounded by some kids at play
E A E
I can feel their laughter so, why do I sear
C Em
Mm, and twisted thoughts that spin 'round my head,
I'm spinning, oh
C Em
I'm spinning, how quick the sun can drop away
[Chorus 2]
D
And now my bitter hands
C
Cradle broken glass
Em
Of what was everything
D
All the pictures have
C
All been washed in black
Em
Tattooed everything
[Post Chorus]
D
All the love gone bad
C
Turned my world to black
D
And tattooed all I see,
C
All that I am,
Em
All I'll be
D C Em D C
Yeah Mm, mhm, oooh
[Bridge]
Em
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
D C
I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky
Em D C
But why, why, why can't it be,
C Em D C
Why can't it be mine
Em D C
ooh, ah yeah, aah ooh
[Outro]
C Em
Doodoo-doo-doo-doodoodoo
Em D
Doodoo-doo-doo-doodoodoo
D C
Doodoo-doo-doo-doodoodoo
C Em
Doodoo-doo-doo-doodoodoo
Em D
Doodoo-doo-doo-doodoodoo