Jackson Browne - Sky Blue And Black Acoustic

this is based on the version from solo acoustic volume 2 .

as jackson plays it on the piano its 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 : A# Gm D# E#

A#
in the calling out to one another
Gm
all the lovers up and down the strand
D#
in the sound of the waves and the cries
E#
of the seagulls circling the sand

A#
in the fragments of the songs
Gm
carried down the wind from some radio
D#
in the murmuring of the city in the distance
E#
ominous and low

A# Gm
i hear the sound of a world where we played
D# E#
and the far too simple beauty of the promises we made

Gm D#
if you ever need holding
A# E#
call my name , i’ll be there

Gm D#
if you ever need holding
A# E#
and no holding back , i’ll see you through

A# Gm
sky blue and black
D# E#
//music w/o lyrics//

repeat intro

A#
where the touch of the lover ends
Gm
and the soul of the friend begins
D#
there’s a need to be separate and a need to be one
E#
and a struggle neither wins

A#
where you gave me the world i was in
Gm
and a place i could make a stand
D#
i could never see how you doubted me
E#
when i’d let go of your hand
A# Gm
yeah , and i was much younger then
D#
and i must have thought that i would know
E#
if things were going to end
Gm D#
and the heavens were rolling
A# E#
like a wheel on a track
Gm D#
and our sky was unfolding
A# E#
and it’ll never fold back

A# Gm
sky blue and black
D# E#
//music w/o lyrics//

repeat intro

Gm A# D# E#
i’d have fought the world for you
Gm A# D# E#
if i thought that you wanted me to
Gm A# D# E#
or put aside what was true or untrue
A# E#
if i’d known that’s what you needed , what you needed me to do me to do

A# Gm
but the moment has passed by me now
D#
to have put away my pride
E#
and just come through for you somehow

Gm D#
if you ever need holding
A# E#
call my name , i’ll be there
Gm D#
if you ever need holding
A# E#
and no holding back , i’ll see you through

A#
you’re the colour of the sky
Gm
reflected in each store – front window pane
D#
you’re the whispering and the sighing
E#
of my tires in the rain
A# Gm
you’re the hidden cost and the thing that’s lost in everything i do
D# E# A#
yeah and i’ll never stop looking for you

Gm
//music w/o lyrics//

D#
in the sunlight and the shadows
E#
and the faces on the avenue

A# Gm D#
that’s the way love is
E#
that’s the way love is

A# Gm D#
that’s the way love is
E# A#
sky blue and black