MAN IN THE LONG BLACK COAT JOAN OSBORNE INTRO Am C G E Am C G Am Am C G E Crickets are chirpin' the water is high Am C G Am There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry Am C G E Window's wide open African trees Am C G Am Bent over backwards in a hurricane breeze G Not a word, a goodbye, not even a note Am C G Am She's gone with the man in the long black coat Am C G E Somebody seem him hangin' around Am C G Am At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town Am C G E He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask Am C G Am If he wanted to dance he had a face like a mask G Somebody said, from the Bible he quote Am C G Am There was dust on the man in the long black coat Am C G E Preacher was talkin' there's a sermon he gave Am C G Am He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved Am C G E You cannot depend on it to be your guide Am C G Am When it's you who must keep it satisfied G It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat Am C G Am She give her heart to the man in the long black coat BRIDGE One, two... G C There are no mistakes in life some people say Am G C It's true sometimes you can see it that way G C People don't live or die, people just float Am C G Am She give her heart to the man in the long black coat GUITAR SOLO Am C G E There's smoke on the water, it's been there since June Am C G Am Tree trunks uprooted in the high crescent moon Am C G E Hear the pulse and vibrations and the rumblin' force Am C G Am Somebody's out there beating on a dead horse G She never said nothin', there was nothin' she wrote Am C G Am She's gone with the man in the long black coat Am C G Am She's gone with the man in the long black coat hope its all good the brige was confusing G Racer