Man in Black chords

by Johnny Cash
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I looked around the other day, I talked with several of you, and we asked each other a lot of questions.
I asked you questions, you asked me questions, and an idea for a song started brewing then.
And since I saw you last Saturday, I wrote this song.
And I just finished writing this song, the fourth or fifth rewrite this morning,.
so that's why I've got to have the courage to remind myself of what A the words are of the last version I wrote.
This song is a very personal thing, I suppose you might say, but it's the way I feel about a lot of things.
This song is called The Man in Black.
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_ _ _ Well, you wonder why I always dress in black.
_ Why you never see bright colors on B my back.
D And why A does my appearance D always have a A somber B tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that E I have on.
I _ A wear the black for the poor and the beaten down.
_ _ Living in the hopeless, B hungry side of town.
And I A wear it for the prisoner who has D long A paid for his crime.
B But still is there because he's a victim of E the times.
_ A I wear the black for those who've never read.
_ _ Or listened to the words that B Jesus said.
_ Bm About A the road to happiness D through love and A charity.
Why B you'd think he's talking straight to E you and me.
Well, A we're doing mighty fine, I do suppose.
_ In our streak of lightning, cars and B fancy clothes.
_ D But just A so we're reminded D of the A ones who are held back.
B Up front there ought to be a E man in black.
_ _ A I wear it for the sick and lonely old.
For the reckless one whose bad B trip left him cold.
I Bm A wear the black in mourning D for the lives A it could have been.
B Each week we lose a hundred E fine young men.
And A yes, I wear it for the thousands who have _ died.
Believing that the Lord was B on their side.
G And I A wear it for another D hundred thousand A who have died.
B Believing that we all were E on their A side.
E Well, _ _ A there's things that never will be right, I know.
_ And things need changing everywhere B you go.
But D till A we start to make a D move to make a few A things right.
B You'll never see me wear a E suit of white _ .
_ A I'd love to wear a rainbow every day.
To tell the world that B everything's okay _ .
But D maybe A I can carry off a D little A darkness on my back.
Till B things are brighter, _ E I'm the man A in black.
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