Intro:
Em G C
C D
There?s a lock on my cupboard door,
Am C D
That I can only reach once inside,
Am Em Am Em D
And I often sit and wonder who designed,
Am C Bm
Such a perfect place for me to hide
C
It's just my name,
Bm
It's just my skin,
Am
Holding a boulder,
Bm
Can you swim?
Em
Oh as we fall,
G Am
Through the water,
Bm
You find a piece within,
Em C
And you know it's just your skin
C D
Well I was never lonely ?till the day that I was born,
C D
Since that day I masquerade in a skin that I have worn,
C G
With at least three separate individual minds,
C D
When long John returns he?ll give a scream, and what he finds
C
Is just my name,
Bm
Is just my skin,
Am
Holding a boulder,
Bm
Can you swim?
Em
Oh as we fall,
G Am
Through the water,
Bm
You find a piece within,
And you know it's just your
C D
Black dog, black dog, that I?ll never know,
C D
Oh black dog haunts you mind, your world, your soul,
C D
Oh black dog, black dog, can't you see I am fine?
Am Bm
Oh black dog, black dog, you're no plague of mine.
C
It's just my name,
Bm
It's just my skin,
Am
I'm just a boulder,
Bm
Can you swim?
C
It's just my name,
Bm
Oh, it's just my skin,
Am
I'm just your boulder,
Bm
Can you swim?
Em
Oh as we fall,
G Am
Through the water,
Bm
You find a piece inside,
Em
And you know it's just your skin.