CHORDS: Ian Anderson – Black And White Television Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Black And White Television chords by Ian Anderson on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Am G/B C F x2
Asus2 F x2

[Verse 1]
Asus2                 
I looked in the mirror
      F
 then saw my face in a dream
     Em                    
With eyes sharp as diamonds,
  C
 blessed with clear vision
            G
Things were not as they seemed
F                         
Black and white television
        Em       
 stared back from 
          Dsus4 D
the wall
        Asus2       F
Is that my life? Am I 
here at all?

[Verse 2]
Asus2                
Down in the high road,
      F
 see motor cavalcades glide
     Em                 
Past shopwindow dressers
 C
 desperately covering
        G
All the parts they can hide
F                         
Black and white television
        Em          Dsus4 D
 stares at me again
        Asus2       
Is that their lives? 
      F               Am G/B C
Even dummies pretend

[Chorus 1]
F
The truth is so hard to deny
    Dm             
The answer is here, 
                  C    Cm
the screen never lies
Dm                         C
Black and white television
Bb                         G
Black and white television
Dm                         C
Black and white television
Bb                        G
It\'s the right television
Dm                 F    
Show me it\'s all a dream
 G Am    Asus2 F
 tonight

[Verse 3]
Asus2                 
The boys on the corner 
      F
sulk in their Suzuki haze
   Em               C
In primary colours, each
 year more startling
         G
But they still fade to grey
F                            
On black and white television,
       Em                Dsus4 D
 it\'s sweeping the land
        Asus2         F  
Is that your life? Do you
             Dm C/E F
 understand?

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[Chorus 2]
Bb
The truth is so hard to deny
    Gm            
The answer is here, 
                   F
the screen never lies
Dm                         C
Black and white television
Bb                        G
Back the right television
Dm                         C
Black and white television
Bb                       G
Hard to fight television
Dm                 F     G Am
Show me it\'s all a dream tonight
Dm                    Am
Black and white television

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