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
GCG
Well you wonder why I always dress in black
CAm
Why you never see bright colors on my back
CGCG
And why does my appearance seem to have that sombe tone
AmD7
Well there?s a reason for the things that I have on
GCG
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten-down
CAm
Living on the hopeless hungry side of town
CGCG
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime
AmD7
But is still in there as a victim of the time
GCG
I wear the black for those who?ve never read
CAm
Or listened to the words that Jesus said
CGCG
About the road to hapinnes, through love and charity
AmD7
Why you would think he?s talking straight to you and me
GCG
Well we?re doing mighty fine, I do suppose
CAm
In our streak-of-lightning-cars and fancy clothes
CGCG
But just so we?re reminded of the ones who are held back
AmD7
Up front there ought to be a man in black
GCG
I wear it for the sick and lonely old
CAm
For the reckless ones whose bad trips left them cold
CGCG
I wear the black in mourning for the lives that could have been
AmD7
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men
GCG
And I wear it for the thousands who have died
CAm
Believing that the Lord was on their side
CGCG
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died
AmD7
Believing that we all were on their side
GCG
Well, there?re things that never will be right I know
CAm
And things need changing everywhere you go
CGCG
But ?till we start to make a move to make a few things right
AmD7
You?ll never see me wear a suit of white
GCG
And I?d love to wear a rainbow everyday
CAm
And tell the world that everything?s okay
CGCG
But I?ll try to carry off a little darkness on my back
AmD7G
?till things are brighter, I?m the man in black
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