MAN IN THE LONG BLACK COAT
JOAN OSBORNE

INTRO

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am           c (x3101x@1)         g (355333@1)      eCrickets (022000@1)are chirpin' the water is high
          am          c (x3101x@1)           g (355333@1)          am
There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry
am            c (x3101x@1)   g (355333@1)     eWindow's (022000@1)wide open African trees
am          c (x3101x@1)           g (355333@1)       am
Bent over backwards in a hurricane breeze
gNot (355333@1)a word, a goodbye, not even a note
      am            c (x3101x@1)         g (355333@1)        am
She's gone with the man in the long black coat


am        c (x3101x@1)      g (355333@1)     eSomebody (022000@1)seem him hangin' around
       am         c (x3101x@1)         g (355333@1)          am
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
           am       c (x3101x@1)           g (355333@1)            eHe (022000@1)looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
      am         c (x3101x@1)           g (355333@1)         am
If he wanted to dance he had a face like a mask
gSomebody (355333@1)said, from the Bible he quote
          am           c (x3101x@1)        g (355333@1)        am
There was dust on the man in the long black coat

am            c (x3101x@1)              g (355333@1)       ePreacher (022000@1)was talkin' there's a sermon he gave
        am          c (x3101x@1)            g (355333@1)        am
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved
    am        c (x3101x@1)        g (355333@1)        eYou (022000@1)cannot depend on it to be your guide
          am      c (x3101x@1)         g (355333@1)  am
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
gIt (355333@1)ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
             am           c (x3101x@1)       g (355333@1)        am
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat


BRIDGE

One, two...
g (355333@1)                            cThere (x3101x@1)are no mistakes in life some people say
      am                   g (355333@1)            cIt's (x3101x@1)true sometimes you can see it that way
g (355333@1)                       cPeople (x3101x@1)don't live or die, people just float
             am           c (x3101x@1)         g (355333@1)        am
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat

GUITAR SOLO

        am           c (x3101x@1)         g (355333@1)              eThere's (022000@1)smoke on the water, it's been there since June
am            c (x3101x@1)            g (355333@1)          am
Tree trunks uprooted in the high crescent moon
         am          c (x3101x@1)            g (355333@1)      e (022000@1)Hear the pulse and vibrations and the rumblin' force
am         c (x3101x@1)        g (355333@1)          am       
Somebody's out there beating on a dead horse
gShe (355333@1)never said nothin', there was nothin' she wrote
      am            c (x3101x@1)         g (355333@1)        am
She's gone with the man in the long black coat
      am            c (x3101x@1)         g (355333@1)        am
She's gone with the man in the long black coat

hope its all good the brige was confusing
g Racer