Man In Black Chords by Johnny Cash

Man In Black chords by Johnny Cash (Ver. 3)

Guitar chords with lyrics

G
Well, you wonder why I always dress in

black
                                     A7
Why you never see bright colors on my

back
     C                G
And why does my appearance seem to have

a somber tone
                  A7
Well, there's a reason for the things
            D7
that I have on
   G
I wear the black for the poor and the

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beaten down

Living in the hopeless, hungry side of
A7
town
 C                   G             C
I wear it for the prisoner who has long
              G
 paid for his crime
       A7
But is there because he's a victim of
    D7
the times
   G
I wear the black for those who've never

read

Or listened to the words that Jesus
A7
said
 C                     G
About the road to happiness through
C              G
love and charity
            A7
Why, you'd think He's talking straight
          D7
to you and me
             G
Well, we're doin’ mighty fine, I do

suppose

In our streak of lightning cars and
      A7
fancy clothes
    C               G             C
But just so we're reminded of the ones
             G
who are held back
   A7                              D7
Up front there ought to be a man in

black
  G
I wear it for the sick and lonely old

For the reckless ones whose bad trip
         A7
left them cold
  C                 G
I wear the black in mourning for the
C                     G
lives that could have been
    A7                               D7
Each week we lose a hundred fine young

men
       G
And, I wear it for the thousands who

have died
                                   A7
Believing that the Lord was on their

side
   C            G             C
I wear it for another hundred thousand
         G
who have died
      A7                          D7
Believing that we all were on their

side
             G
Well, there's things that never will be

right I know

And things need changing everywhere you
A7
go
      C               G
But 'til we start to make a move to
                 C
make a few things right
       A7
You'll never see me wear a suit of
D7
white
         G
Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every

day

And tell the world that everything's
A7
OK
        C             G
But I'll try to carry off a little
C              G
darkness on my back
                A7        D7
Till things are brighter, I'm the Man
   G     D  G
In Black

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