Man In The Long Black Coat Chords

Capo:4th fret (B)

[Verse 1]
Em           G             D        Em
Crickets are chirping, the water is high
Em             Am                   D            Em
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry
Em          G     D       Em
Window wide open, African trees
Em        Am               D         Em
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
D                                 Em
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
Em                Am
She gone with the man
       D          Em
In the long black coat
 
 
[Verse 2]
Em       G        D        Em
Somebody seen him hanging around
Em               Am          D            Em
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
Em                 G             D              Em
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
Em              Am              D           Em
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
D                                 Em
Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
Em                    Am
There was dust on the man
       D          Em
In the long black coat
 
 
[Verse 3]
Em             G                  D         Em
Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he gave
Em                  Am            D           Em
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
Em           G       D             Em
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
Em                Am        D       Em
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied
D                                          Em
It ain’t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
Em                        Am
She gave her heart to the man
       D          Em
In the long black coat
 
 
[Verse 4]
Em              G        D                Em
There are no mistakes in life some people say
Em             Am             D          Em
It is true sometimes you can see it that way
D                                          Em
But people don't live or die, people just float
Em                Am
She went with the man
       D          Em
In the long black coat
 
 
[Verse 5]
Em                   G           D                Em
There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June
Em             Am                D             Em
Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon
Em                 G                 D        Em
Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
Em          Am        D              Em
Somebody is out there beating a dead horse
D                                             Em
She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote
Em                Am
She gone with the man
       D          Em
In the long black coat