Black Eyes

C G F G C C G it's that old recurring dream where you're drowning F C flailing your arms out, fearful and frantic G and black waves are curling and pounding F G down onto your head somewhere in the Atlantic C G through the fathoms below you a shadow F C is gliding up towards you with singular purpose G and hundreds of thousands of gallons F G of ocean froth and foam as it breaks the surface Fingerpick Am F C* its black eyes find you almost at once Am F C* its black eyes find you almost at once Am F C you can't hide, swim away or take air into your lungs Am F C to scream for help that won't come C G F G C-2xs C G and oftentimes I am awoken F C at three in the morning by screams in the attic G I'll run upstairs, wrench the door open F G call out a warning (and try not to sound panicked) C G but my hammering heart hears the voices F C of spirits that tempt us, the scorn that they've spoken C G I'll remember the sad frightened noises F G of an old friend who dreamt once of storms on the ocean Chorus-strum Am F C and black eyes looking up from below Am F C and black eyes looking up from below Am F C and black eyes looking up from below Am F C and black eyes looking up from below Am F C