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By:Johnny Cash
Submitted by: 18wheels
((*<A Capo used on the 3rd fret is how this song is played and tabed>*))
*((Man In Black))*
G
Well you wonder...
G A
Why you never see...
A C G C G A D
And why does my...
G
I wear the black...
A
Livi'n in the hopeless...
C G C G A D
I wear it for the...
G
I wear the black for...
A
Or listened to the...
C G C G A D
About the road to...
G
Well were doing mighty...
A
In our streak of...
C G C G A D
But just so were...
G
I wear it for the...
A
For the reckless ones...
C G C G A D
I wear the black in...
G
And i wear it for...
A
Believing that the...
C G C G A D
And I'll wear it for...
G
well there's things that...
A
And there's things need...
C G C G A D
But til' we start to...
G
Ahw, I'd love to wear...
A
And tell the world...
C G C G D G
But I'll try to...
*((The change in the last verse is supposed to be there thats not a
mistake)
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- Man In Black (Ver2) (Chords)
- Man In Black (Bass)
- Man In Black (Ver3) (Chords)
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Last Updated: February 8, 2026