Man In Black - Cash Johnny, guitar chords

Published: 2012-10-05 19:03
Selection chords: Sofia Davis

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Well, you wonder why I always dress in black.
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Why you never see bright colors on my back, and
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Why does my appearance, seem to have a sombre tone,
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Well, thereʼs a reason for the things that I have on.

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I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
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Livinʼ in the hopeless, hungry side of town.
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I wear it for the prisoner, who has long paid for his crime.
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But is there because heʼs a victim of the times.

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I wear the black for those, whoʼve never read,
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Or listened to the words, that Jesus said,
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About the road to happiness, through love and charity,
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Why, youʼd think heʼs talking straight to you and me.

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Well, weʼre doinʼ mighty fine, I do suppose,
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In our streak-of-lightninʼ cars and fancy clothes,
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But just so weʼre reminded, of,
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The ones who are held back,

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Up front there oughta be a man in black.

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I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
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For the reckless ones, whose bad trip left them cold,
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I wear the black in mourninʼ,
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For the lives that could have been,
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Each week we lose a hundred fine young men. And

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I wear it for the thousands who have died,
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Believinʼ that the Lord was on their side,
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I wear it for another hundred thousand
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Who have died,
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Believinʼ that we all were on their side.

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Well, thereʼs things that never
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Will be right, I know, and
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Things need changinʼ evʼrywhere you go,
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But ʼtil we start to make a move,
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To make a few things right,
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Youʼll never see me wear a suit of white.

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Aw! Iʼd love to wear a rainbow every day, and
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Tell the world that evʼrythingʼs OK,
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But Iʼll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
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ʼTil things are brighter, Iʼm the man in black.