Am C G EmAm C G AmAm C G Em Crickets are chirpin' the water is highAm C G Am There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dryAm C G Em Window's wide open African treesAm C G Am Bent over backwards in a hurricane breezeG Not a word, a goodbye, not even a noteAm C G Am She's gone with the man in the long black coatAm C G Em Somebody seem him hangin' aroundAm C G Am At the old dance hall on the outskirts of townAm C G Em He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to askAm C G Am If he wanted to dance he had a face like a maskG Somebody said, from the Bible he quoteAm C G Am There was dust on the man in the long black coatAm C G Em Preacher was talkin' there's a sermon he gaveAm C G Am He said every man's conscience is vile and depravedAm C G Em You cannot depend on it to be your guideAm C G Am When it's you who must keep it satisfiedG It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throatAm C G Am She give her heart to the man in the long black coat [Bridge] One, two...F C There are no mistakes in life some people sayAm G Am It's true sometimes you can see it that wayF C People don't live or die, people just floatAm C G Am She give her heart to the man in the long black coat [Solo]Am C G Em There's smoke on the water, it's been there since JuneAm C G Am Tree trunks uprooted in the high crescent moonAm C G Em Hear the pulse and vibrations and the rumblin' forceAm C G Am Somebody's out there beating on a dead horseG She never said nothin', there was nothin' she wroteAm C G Am She's gone with the man in the long black coatAm C G Am She's gone with the man in the long black coat
Man In The Long Black Coat
Joan Osborne
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