Man In The Long Black Coat
Joan OsborneVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Crickets are chirpin' the water is high
There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry
Window's wide open African trees
Bent over backwards in a hurricane breeze
Not a word, a goodbye, not even a note
She's gone with the man in the long black coat
Somebody seem him hangin' around
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
If he wanted to dance he had a face like a mask
Somebody said, from the Bible he quote
There was dust on the man in the long black coat
Preacher was talkin' there's a sermon he gave
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat
One, two...
There are no mistakes in life some people say
It's true sometimes you can see it that way
People don't live or die, people just float
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat
There's smoke on the water, it's been there since June
Tree trunks uprooted in the high crescent moon
Hear the pulse and vibrations and the rumblin' force
Somebody's out there beating on a dead horse
She never said nothin', there was nothin' she wrote
She's gone with the man in the long black coat
She's gone with the man in the long black coat
hope its all good the brige was confusing
Racer
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Readable chord sheet for Man In The Long Black Coat by Joan Osborne
[Am] [C] [G] [E] [Am] [C] [G] [Am] [Am]Crickets are [C]chirpin' the[G] water is[E] high There's a [Am]soft cotton [C]dress on the l[G]ine hangin' d[Am]ry [Am]Window's wide [C]open A[G]frican t[E]rees [Am]Bent over ba[C]ckwards in a h[G]urricane b[Am]reeze [G]Not a word, a goodbye, not even a note She's [Am]gone with the [C]man in the l[G]ong black c[Am]oat [Am]Somebody s[C]eem him h[G]angin' a[E]round At the [Am]old dance h[C]all on the o[G]utskirts of t[Am]own He looked i[Am]nto her e[C]yes when she s[G]topped him to a[E]sk If he [Am]wanted to d[C]ance he had a [G]face like a [Am]mask [G]Somebody said, from the Bible he quote There was [Am]dust on the m[C]an in the l[G]ong black c[Am]oat [Am]Preacher was t[C]alkin' there's a [G]sermon he [E]gave He said [Am]every man's [C]conscience is v[G]ile and dep[Am]raved You [Am]cannot dep[C]end on it t[G]o be your g[E]uide When it's [Am]you who [C]must keep it[G] sati[Am]sfied [G]It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat She give her [Am]heart to the [C]man in the[G] long black[Am] coat One, two... [G]There are no mistakes in life s[C]ome people say It's t[Am]rue sometimes you can[G] see it that wa[C]y [G]People don't live or die, [C]people just float She give her [Am]heart to the [C]man in the l[G]ong black c[Am]oat There's [Am]smoke on the [C]water, it's [G]been there since [E]June [Am]Tree trunks up[C]rooted in the h[G]igh crescent [Am]moon Hear the [Am]pulse and vi[C]brations and th[G]e rumblin[E]' force [Am]Somebody's [C]out there b[G]eating on a d[Am]ead horse [G]She never said nothin', there was nothin' she wrote She's [Am]gone with the [C]man in the l[G]ong black c[Am]oat She's [Am]gone with the [C]man in the l[G]ong black c[Am]oat hope its all good the brige was confusing [G] Racer