Blackstar - Thieves in the Night Chords

[Dbm] _ _ _ Yo D, come on, what, [Abm] what, yeah
Give me the fortune, keep [Bm] the fame, said [Ab] my man Louis
I agreed, know what [Dbm] you mean, because we lived the truest [Gbm] lie
I asked him, are [Ab] we follow the law of the blue [Gbm] inside?
He looked at me, he thought [Abm] about it, was like, I'm clueless, why?
The question was [Gb] rhetorical, the answer was horrible
Our morals are out of [Ab] place, it got illogical, a [Gb] sorrow
And so tomorrow, coming later than usual
Waiting on someone to pity us
[Abm] While we find the beauty in the hideous
They [Gm] say money's the [Ab] root of all [Gb] evil, but I can't tell, you know what I mean
[Abm] Pesos, francs, gems, [Gb] cowrie shells, dollar bills
Or is it the mind state [Am] that's ill, creating crime rates [Dbm] to fill the new prisons they [Abm] build
Over [Gm] money and [Ab] religion, there's more [Gb] blood than spills
The wounds of slaves in cotton [Dbm] fields are never healed, what's the [Gbm] deal?
A lot of cats [Bm] who buy records are straight [Am] broke
But my language [Ab] universal, they be reciting my quote
While R&B singers hit bad notes
[Gb] We rock a boat of thought, that my [Ab] man Louis
Statements just [Gbm] provoke, caught up in conversations of our personal [Am] worth
Brought up doing dangerous [Abm] species status on the planet Earth
Survival tactics [D] means, busting [Gb] gaps to prove you hard
[Ab] Your firearms are too short to box a [Gb] God without faith
[Ab] All of that is [Am] illusionary
Raise my son, no [Abm] vindication of manhood necessary
Not strong, only [Bm] aggressive, not free, [Gb] we only [Ab] licensed
Not compassionate, only polite, not who [Gbm] denies us
Not good, but we'll [Ab] behave, Jason after [Gb] death, so we can call ourselves [Ab] brave
Still living like mental slaves
Hiding like thieves in the [Gb] night from life
Illusions [Abm] of oasis, making you look [Gb] twice
Hiding like thieves in the [Bm] night from life
[Gbm] Illusions of oasis, [Abm] making you look twice
I'm sure that [G] everybody [Bm] out listening [A] agree
[E] That everything you see ain't really how it [Gb] be
A lot of jokers out running in place, chasing the [A] style
Be a lot dumber [Ab] all beneath the empty smile
Most cats in my [Gbm] area be loving the hysteria
[Ab] Sitting side surface [Gb] conceals the interior
America, land of [Bm] opportunity, [Am] mirages and camouflages
[Ab] More than usually, speaking loud and saying nothing
You [A] confusing me, you losing me
Your game is twisted, want me enlisted [Ab] and you're [Gbm] using me
Foolishly, most men join the ranks cluelessly
But foolishly [Ab] accept the deception, believe the perception
Reflection rarely [Gbm] seen across the surface of the looking glass
Walking the street, [Ab] wondering [Gb] who they be looking past
Looking gas with them imported designer [Am] shades on
Stars shine bright, [Abm] but the light rarely stays on
Same songs, [Ab] it's remixed, [Gb] different arrangement
[Ab] Put you on the yacht, but they won't [Gb] call it a slave ship
Strangeness, you don't control us, [Bm] you barely [A] hold us
Screaming brand new, [Abm] when they just sanitize the ocean
Suppose it's [Ab] just another [Gbm] clever Jedi mind trick
That they [Abm] been running across stars do all the [Gb] time
But I find it's expressing this never new in between
We eat the niggas and [Abm] kings, we eat the bitches and queens
The deadly ritual [A] scenes of Earth and the perverse
Full of [E] short attention spans, short tippers and short [Gb] skirts
Long barrel automatics release this short verse
The length of black [Ab] life is treated with short work
Get [E] yours first, [Ab] them other niggas secondary
That type of LN that [Bb] be filling up [Gb] the cemetery
This life is temporary, but the soul is [A] eternal
Separate the real [Ab] from the lot, let me learn you're not sure
Only [D] aggressive cause the [Am] power ain't directed
That's why [Ab] we are subjected to the will of the [Gb] oppressive
Not afraid, we only licensed, not lying, [Gbm] we just exciting
Cause the captains [Ab] on the masters do what we writing
Not compassionate, [D] only polite, [Gb] we well trained
Our [Ab] sincerity's rehearsed and staged
It's just a [Gbm] game, not good for what we behave
Cause the cameras are [A] fake
Most of the things [Abm] that we think do are saying
We chasing after [Gbm] depth just to call ourselves brave
But [Gb] everyday, next man meet with the grave
I give a damn if any [Ab] fan recall my [A] legacy
I'm trying to live [Ab] life in the sight
But God's [Dbm] memory like that y'all
Man [Am] _ _ [Ab]
the truth about to go [Gb] in a vein
Can't just accept it and pass [Am] it
I [Ab] think it ain't looking like this
Not strong, only [Gbm] aggressive, not free
We only licensed, not [E] compassionate, only polite
Not who [Gbm] denies it, not good, but well behaved
[Ab] Chasing after [Am] depth so we can call ourselves [Ab] brave
Still living like Mentor Slade
Hiding like [D] thieves in the night from life
Illusions [E] of a waste that's making you [Ab] look twice
Hiding like thieves in the night from life
[A] Illusions of a waste [Abm] that's making you look [Ab] twice
Hiding like thieves in the [A] night from life
Illusions of a waste [Ab] that's making you look twice
Hiding like thieves in the [Gbm] night from life
Illusions of a waste [Abm] that's making you look twice
stop hidin', [A] start hidin', stop [Abm] hidin' your face
[Gb] stop hidin', stop [A] hidin', cuz it ain't no [Abm] hidin' fact
stop [Dbm] hidin', stop hidin', stop hidin' [B] your face
stop hidin', stop hidin', cuz it ain't no hidin' fact
said there ain't no [Am] hidin' fact, said there ain't no [Abm] hidin' [Gb] fact
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Ab] _ We well trained.
[A] _ _ [E] Blackstar.
_ _ [Gb] Blackstar keep [Ab] shining.
Yo, [Gbm] yo, yo.
[Abm] _ [Dbm] We take the Blackstar line.
Ride on home.
We take the Blackstar line.
Ride on home.
We take the Blackstar line. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] Are you drifting?
[Gb] _ Or can you jump aboard?
_ [B] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _