Chords for 7Horse - Man In Black

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[D] _ _ Why do [D] you wonder _ why I always dress in [F] black?
_ _ _ _ Why [D] you never see bright colors [F] on my back?
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_ Why does my appearance seem [F] to have a [D] somber tone?
_ There's a reason for the things that I have on. _
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[D] I wear the black for the poor and [F] eaten down. _
[G] _ [D] Living in the hopeless, hungry [F] side of town.
[G] _ I wear it for the prisoner [D] who is going to pay for his crime.
Running [F] as fast as he is a victim of [G] the times.
_ [D] I wear the black for those who never [F] read.
_ [G] _ [D] Or listened to the words that [F] Jesus said.
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About the road to happiness, [D] truth, love and charity.
[F] When you think he's talking straight to you [G] and me. _ _ _
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_ Well, you ain't mighty fine I just [F] suppose.
[G] And [D] I streak a lot in cars and [F] fancy clothes.
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But you're so heavy-minded, [D] I don't know what to have that.
[F] On the front there ought to be a man [G] in black.
_ [D] I wear it for the sick and [F] lonely old.
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[D] I wear the black for the one who spent his life in the cold.
[G] _ I wear the black in mourning [D] for the lives that could have been.
[F] Each week we lose a hundred blind [G] young men. _ _
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[D] _ [G] Only [D] you can see.
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_ _ [F] _ _ [G] And [Dm] I wear it for [D] the thousands who [F] have died.
_ [D] _ Believing that the Lord was on [F] their side.
[G] _ I wear it for the hundred [D] lives who have died. _
[F] Believing that we all were on [G] his side.
One [D] of those things that never will be right [F] I know.
[G] _ _ Things keep changing everywhere [F] you go.
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But till you start to make a [D] move, to make a few things right.
[F] You'll never see me wear a suit [G] of white. _ _ _ _
And [D] I love to wear a rainbow [F] every day.
[G] _ [D] And tell the world that [F] everything's okay.
[G] But I try to carry a [D] little darkness on my back.
[F] Till things are brighter.
I'm a man [G] in black. _ _ _ _
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