Black and White
by Jackson Browne

Intro: C  G

                C                                    G
Long before you ever saw your chances you were gonna burn this city down
             C                                     G
Tired of the fashions and the dances, tired of the people standing around
               Em                         C
Ticking like a bomb in the night, and you knew you were right
          D
Black and white

                C
Blame it on the time it took to leave here
                G
Blame it on the ones who slowed you down
                C
Blame it on the kind of friends you knew here
                G
Blame it on the sickness going 'round
       Em                                       C
Going 'round and 'round in the night, with your heart out of sight
          D
With your world burning bright like a moth 'round a light

| Bm      D  |Em                      G
    Black and white, the picture of a life in flames
| Bm      D  |Em                      G
    Black and white, the picture of a life remains
        C                                Em
And the search you half remember setting out on at the start
   C                                  G
Is burning like an ember in your heart

C
  Time running out, time running out
G
  For the fool still asking what his life is about
C                                    G
  Time running out, time running out
C
  Time running out, time running out
G
  Yeah, beyond the shadow of a doubt
C                                    G
  Time running out, time running out

|C  |G   |C   |D


                      C
Tell them that you've gone to find a person
                 G
Someone you lost track of long ago
                    C
Tell them that it's someone you need worse than
        G
Anybody else you'll ever know
               Em                          C
Ticking like a bomb in the night, you were strong, you were light
         D
You were fast, you were bright, then you were gone in the light


| Bm      D  |Em                      G
    Black and white, the picture of a life in flames
| Bm      D  |Em                      G
    Black and white, the picture of a life remains
        C                                    Em
And the high ideals and the promise you once dressed the future in
    C                                 G
Are dancing in the embers in the wind


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