Em                D
Black, you are my enemy
    Bm           Em
And I cannot get close to thee
                     D
Our life is ruled by enmity
    Bm             Em
And I can't weaken that

Em                D
The only way that I can see
Bm             Em
Is to hold you close to me
                     D
To love you for it's meant to be
  Bm          Em
I weaken your attack

[Verse]
Em             D 
Everything was lucked and downy
Bm                Em
What was good was up from under
Em                D 
Until black, that awful tender
Bm                  Em
Came and popped my sense of wonder

Em              D
All at once all eyes turned at him
Bm            Em
Leaving me an unwatched body
Em                D
And it sagged, my body's rib cage
Bm             Em
Out from under ogler's study

Em              D
Black was decomposing quickly
Bm                Em 
This was found offensive to me
Em                 D
His disrespect for life's proprieties
Bm                 Em
Made me scared he would destroy me

[Chorus]
Em                D
Black, you are my enemy
    Bm           Em
And I cannot get close to thee
                     D
Our life is ruled by enmity
    Bm             Em
And I can't weaken that

Em                D
The only way that I can see
Bm             Em
Is to hold you close to me
                     D
To love you for it's meant to be
  Bm          Em
I weaken your attack

[Verse]
Em               D
So I thought I'd try to cut him
Bm                Em 
Try to force him 'neath my level
Em                D 
The only way to equal to him
Bm                Em
Would be hit him with a shovel

Em             D
But to really rise above him
Bm                Em 
That would be the final evil
Em           D   
So instead I asked the sucker
Bm              Em 
If he'd care to see my rooms

Em                  D
And as a friend and as a comrade
Bm                      Em 
And all the things that these implied
Em                    D
I made him leave what it was that he had
Bm              Em 
Used to keep us unallied

[Chorus]
Em                D
Black, you are my enemy
    Bm           Em 
And I cannot get close to thee
                     D
Our life is ruled by enmity
    Bm             Em
And I can't weaken that

Em                D
The only way that I can see
Bm             Em
Is to hold you close to me
                     D
To love you for it's meant to be
  Bm             Em
I weaken your attack 

[Bridge]
Em                 Bm           Bm 
Now black and I we are together
Em             Bm       Bm  
Fairly just inseparable
Em               Bm               Bm 
And in the terriblest of weather
    F#m                     F#m F#m F#m 
Our bonds are incorruptible

[Chorus]
Em                D
Black, you are my enemy
    Bm           Em 
And I cannot get close to thee
                     D
Our life is ruled by enmity
    Bm             Em
And I can't weaken that

Em                D
The only way that I can see
Bm             Em
Is to hold you close to me
                     D
To love you for it's meant to be
  Bm             Em
I weaken your attack