Intro
 
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Verse
 
  D/F# 
I made myself strong 
   F#m 
By getting my skin numb 
    E 
And loosening up the thumbs  
   F#m 
By pumping out the black tar water  
 
  D/F# 
I made myself real 
   F#m 
By ripping up magazines 
    E 
And staving off disease 
   F#m 
By pumping out the black tar water  
 
Bridge
 
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Verse
 
  D 
I made my friends leave  
     F#m 
With tightrope at their knees  
    E 
And laughing when they sneeze  
    F#m 
I’m throwing up the black tar, black tar water  
 
  D 
I start to tell it wrong  
      F#m 
While singing in a song  
      E 
Where robbers held up guns  
        F#m 
They’re shooting out the black tar water  
 
Bridge
 
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Verse
 
D 
Dripping off follicles  
F#m 
Seeping out my pores  
E 
Filling up my lungs  
F#m 
Oh my my  
 
D 
Dripping off follicles  
F#m 
Seeping out my pores  
E 
Filling up my lungs  
F#m 
Oh my my  
 
D 
Dripping off follicles  
F#m 
Seeping out my pores  
E 
Filling up my lungs  
F#m 
Oh my my  
 
D 
Dripping off follicles  
F#m 
Seeping out my pores  
E 
Filling up my lungs  
F#m 
Oh my my 
 
Outro
 
F#m 
My black tar water  
F#m 
My black tar water