Man In Black Live chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Man in Black - this is the song that cash said he felt deeply personal about for it was the way he saw things
in his life this is the version he first performed in early 1971 and the link to that performance is here
 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3xHuVltaFo go to 1:02 in:

Chords for this song (with capo on 2nd Fret)
  G+G A augmentedA C majorC A7A7 D7D7
E MajorE|-2--0--0--3--2--|
BB|-0--2--1--2--1--|
G+G|-0--2--0--2--2--|
D MajorD|-0--2--2--2--0--|
A augmentedA|-2--0--3--0-----|
E MajorE|-3--------------|

Intro:
G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG

Verse 1:
G+G                    G+G
Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
G+G                    A augmentedA
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
C majorC         G+G        C majorC       G+G
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
A7A7                        D7D7
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.

Verse 2:
G+G                       G+G
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
G+G                    A augmentedA
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
C majorC          G+G          C majorC       G+G
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
A7A7                     D7D7
But is there because he's a victim of the times.

Verse 3:
G+G                   G+G
I wear the black for those who never read,
G+G                   A augmentedA
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
C majorC           G+G       C majorC      G+G
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
A7A7                        D7D7
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.

Verse 4:
G+G                     G+G
Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
G+G                     A augmentedA
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
C majorC           G+G      C majorC          G+G
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
A7A7                  D7D7
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.

Verse 5:
G+G                 G+G
I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
G+G                        A augmentedA
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
C majorC           G+G        C majorC          G+G
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
A7A7                   D7D7
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.

Chorus:
G+G                      G+G
And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
G+G                   A augmentedA
Believen' that the Lord is on their side,
C majorC        G+G        C majorC        G+G
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
A7A7                  D7D7
Believen' that we all were on their side.

Verse 6:
G+G                        G+G
Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
G+G                    A augmentedA
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
C majorC          G+G        C majorC          G+G
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
A7A7                 D7D7
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.

Verse 7:
G+G                   G+G
Oh, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
G+G                   A augmentedA
And tell the world that everything's ok,
C majorC           G+G       C majorC        G+G
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
A7A7                     D7D7
Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black

Outro: