Back to Black mirrors Amy Winehouses pain and sorrow from her breakup with Blake Civil-Fielder. Written by Winehouse and produced by Mark Ronson, the song became one of her biggest hits, symbolizing her struggle with her own demons and her return to black, which can be interpreted as her state of depression and substance use.
Key: Dm
Introduction:
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Gm
Bb
A
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Gm
He left no time to re-gret,
Bb
A
Kept his dick wet, with his same old safe bet.
Dm
Gm
Me... and my head high,
Bb
A
And my tears dry; get on without my guy.
Dm
Gm
You went back to what you knew,
Bb
A
So far removed, from all that we went through.
Dm
Gm
And I... tread a troubled track,
Bb
A
My odds are stacked; I'll go back to black.
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Gm
We only said goodbye with words; I died a hundred times.
Bb
A
Dm
You go back to her and I go back to...I go back to us.
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Gm
I love you much,
Bb
A
It's not e-nough; you love blow and I love puff.
Dm
Gm
And life is like a pipe,
Bb
A
And I'm a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside.
Dm
Gm
We only said goodbye with words; I died a hundred times.
Bb
A
You go back to her and I go back to...
Dm
Gm
We only said goodbye with words; I died a hundred times.
Bb
A
You go back to her and I go back to...
Dm
Bb7M
Black... black,
F
A
Black... black.
Dm
Bb7M
Black... black,
F
A
A7
Black... I go back to... I go back to...
Dm
Gm
We only said goodbye with words; I died a hundred times.
Bb
A
You go back to her and I go back to...
Dm
Gm
We only said goodbye with words; I died a hundred times.