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

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Well, you wonder why I always dress in

black
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Why you never see bright colors on my

back
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And why does my appearance seem to have

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

beaten down

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

read

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

suppose

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

black
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I wear it for the sick and lonely old

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

men
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And, I wear it for the thousands who

have died
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Believing that the Lord was on their

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

side
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Well, there's things that never will be

right I know

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

day

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