WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Jackson Browne - Sky Blue And Black Chords | Ver. 2
This is based on the version from Solo Acoustic Volume 2.
As Jackson plays it on the piano it’s not exact but I think it works as a good
base for you to then use your ear to hear when a base note or something needs to be emphasised.
Intro: Bb Gm Eb E#
Bb
In the calling out to one another
Gm
All the lovers up and down the strand
Eb
In the sound of the waves and the cries
E#
Of the seagulls circling the sand
Bb
In the fragments of the songs
Gm
Carried down the wind from some radio
Eb
In the murmuring of the city in the distance
E#
Ominous and low
Bb Gm
I hear the sound of a world where we played
Eb E#
And the far too simple beauty of the promises we made
Gm Eb
If you ever need holding
Bb E#
Call my name, I'll be there
Gm Eb
If you ever need holding
Bb E#
And no holding back, I'll see you through
Bb Gm
Sky blue and black
Eb E#
//music w/o lyrics//
Repeat intro
Bb
Where the touch of the lover ends
Gm
And the soul of the friend begins
Eb
There's a need to be separate and a need to be one
E#
And a struggle neither wins
Bb
Where you gave me the world I was in
Gm
And a place I could make a stand
Eb
I could never see how you doubted me
E#
When I'd let go of your hand
Bb Gm
Yeah, and I was much younger then
Eb
And I must have thought that I would know
E#
If things were going to end
Gm Eb
And the heavens were rolling
Bb E#
Like a wheel on a track
Gm Eb
And our sky was unfolding
Bb E#
And it'll never fold back
Bb Gm
Sky blue and black
Eb E#
//music w/o lyrics//
Repeat intro
Gm Bb Eb E#
I'd have fought the world for you
Gm Bb Eb E#
If I thought that you wanted me to
Gm Bb Eb E#
Or put aside what was true or untrue
Bb E#
If I'd known that's what you needed, what you needed me to do me to do
Bb Gm
But the moment has passed by me now
Eb
To have put away my pride
E#
And just come through for you somehow
Gm Eb
If you ever need holding
Bb E#
Call my name, I'll be there
Gm Eb
If you ever need holding
Bb E#
And no holding back, I'll see you through
Bb
You're the colour of the sky
Gm
Reflected in each store-front window pane
Eb
You're the whispering and the sighing
E#
Of my tires in the rain
Bb Gm
You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost in everything I do
Eb E# Bb
Yeah and I'll never stop looking for you
Gm
//music w/o lyrics//
Eb
In the sunlight and the shadows
E#
And the faces on the avenue
Bb Gm Eb
That's the way love is
E#
That's the way love is
Bb Gm Eb
That's the way love is
E# Bb
Sky blue and black