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
Chorus:
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[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
Chord names not adjusted to tune change (G is actually an F, etc)
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[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
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Chorus:
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[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]
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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
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(Chorus)
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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
