🎶 The Black Dog

[A#]I am someone who until rec[C/B]ent events
You shared your secr[Bb]ets with
And your loc[Db]ation, you forgot to turn it off [A#]
And so I watch as [C/B]you walk
Into some bar called The Bla[Bb]ck Dog
And pierce new holes in my [Db] heart
You forgot to turn it [Em]off [Bb] [Db]

And it hits me
I [Em]just don't und[Bb]ersta[Db]nd

How you don't [A#]miss me, in The [C/B]Black Dog
When [Bb]someone plays "The Sta[Em]rting Line"
And you [A#]jump up, but she's [C/B]too young to kno[Bb]w this song
That was [Em]intertwined in the [A#]magic fabr[C/B]ic of our drea[Bb]ming [Em]
[A#]Old hab[C/B]its die screa[Bb]ming [Em]
[A#]
[A#]I move through the world with a heart bro[C/B]ken
My longing state uns[Bb]poken
And I may never op[Db]en up thе way I did for you [A#]
And all of those best la[C/B]id plans
You said I needed a br[Bb]avе man
Then proceeded to pl[Db]ay him
Until I believed it t[Em]oo [Bb]

And it kil[Db]ls me
I ju[Em]st don't und[Bb]ersta[Db]nd

How you don't [A#]miss me
In the sho[C/B]wer and rem[Bb]ember how my rain-soa[Em]ked body
Was sha[A#]kin', do you ha[C/B]te me?
Was it haz[Bb]ing for a cr[Em]uel fraternity?
[A#]I pledged and [C/B]I still me[Bb]an it [Em]
[A#]Old habi[C/B]ts die scre[Bb]ami[Em]ng

[Bb]Six weeks of breathin' cle[Em]an air
I still miss the smo[A#]ke
Were you makin' fun of m[Db]e
With some esoteric jo[Bb]ke?
Now I wanna sell my ho[Em]use
And set fire to all my cl[A#]othes
And hire a pri[Db]est to come and exorcise my dem[Em]ons [Bb] [Db]

Even if I die scre[A#]am[C/B]ing [Bb] [Em]
And I hope yo[A#]u hea[C/B]r it [Bb] [Em]
And then I hope it's shi[A#]tty in The Bla[C/B]ck Dog
When som[Bb]eone plays "The Sta[Em]rting Line" and you ju[A#]mp up
But she's to[C/B]o young to kn[Bb]ow this song
That was [Em]intertwined in the [A#]tragic fabr[C/B]ic of our dre[Bb]aming [Em]
This ta[A#]il between your le[C/B]gs, you're lea[Bb]vin' [Em]

[A#]I still ca[C/B]n't belie[Bb]ve it [Em]
'Cause o[A#]ld habi[C/B]ts die scre[Bb]aming [Em]4⠀