Man in Black Lyrics
by Johnny Cash
Man in black ? Johnny Cash
I've based this tab on one I found on Ultimate Guitar, but that sounded a little bit too
Normally, it is played with a capo on the second fret (in A), but I've always played it
this (in G). This is the way I play it:
Chords:
eadgbe
G: 320003
C: x32010
Am: x02210
D7: xx021
Well you wonder why I always dress in black
Why you never see bright colors on my back
And why does my appearance seem to have that sombe tone
Well there's a reason for the things that I have on
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten-down
Living on the hopeless hungry side of town
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime
But is still in there as a victim of the time
I wear the black for those who've never read
Or listened to the words that Jesus said
About the road to hapinnes, through love and charity
Why you would think he's talking straight to you and me
Well we're doing mighty fine, I do suppose
In our streak-of-lightning-cars and fancy clothes
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back
Up front there ought to be a man in black
I wear it for the sick and lonely old
For the reckless ones whose bad trips left them cold
I wear the black in mourning for the lives that could have been
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men
And I wear it for the thousands who have died
Believing that the Lord was on their side
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died
Believing that we all were on their side
Well, there're things that never will be right I know
And things need changing everywhere you go
But ?till we start to make a move to make a few things right
You'll never see me wear a suit of white
And I'd love to wear a rainbow everyday
And tell the world that everything's okay
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back
?till things are brighter, I'm the man in black
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