[Intro]
D  D  C  G
[Strophe]
D     C    G         D    C  G 
Night falls and I'm alone 
D           C       G         D    C  G 
Skin, yeah, chilled me to the bone 
D   C      G       D       C    G 
You turned and you ran, oh yeah 
      D       C    G        D     C  G 
Woah, slipped right from my hands
[Refrain]
      D 
Yeah, blue on black, tears on a river 
C               G 
Push on a shove, it don't mean much 
D 
Joker on jack, match on a fire 
C           G 
Cold on ice, a dead man's touch 
D                    C              G 
Whisper on a scream, never change a thing 
                  A G                     D 
Doesn't bring you back, it's like blue on black
[Post-Refrain]
C G
[Strophe]
D      C G           D   C  G 
Blind, oh, but now I see 
D      C    G        D     C  G 
Truth, lies and in between 
D     C     G    D        C  G 
Wrong can't be undone, oh no 
        D       C    G               D      C  G 
Well it slipped from the tip of your tongue
[Refrain]
      D 
Yeah, blue on black, tears on a river 
C               G 
Push on a shove, it don't mean much 
D 
Joker on jack, match on a fire 
C           G 
Cold on ice, a dead man's touch 
D                    C              G 
Whisper on a scream, never change a thing 
                  A G 
Doesn't bring you back, it's blue on black
[Solo]
D F G Bb
D C Bb D
[Pont]
D 
Blue on black, tears on a river 
C               G 
Push on a shove, it don't mean much...
[Refrain]
D 
Blue on black, tears on a river 
C               G 
Push on a shove, it don't mean much 
D 
Joker on jack, match on a fire 
C           G 
Cold on ice, a dead man's touch 
D                    C              G 
Whisper on a scream, never change a thing 
                  A G                D 
Doesn't bring you back, it's blue on black
[Outro]
C  G          D 
Yeah, blue on black 
C  G               D 
Yeah, it's blue on black 
C  G          D     C  G 
Yeah, blue on black