Gm B C D
Crickets are chirpin' the water is high
Gm B F Gm
There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry
Gm B C D
Window's wide open African trees
Gm B F Gm
Bent over backwards in a hurricane breeze
F
Not a word, a goodbye, not even a note
Gm B F Gm
She's gone with the man in the long black coat
Gm B C D
Somebody seem him hangin' around
Gm B F Gm
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
Gm B C D
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
Gm B F Gm
If he wanted to dance he had a face like a mask
F
Somebody said, from the Bible he quote
Gm B F Gm
There was dust on the man in the long black coat
Gm B C D
Preacher was talkin' there's a sermon he gave
Gm B F Gm
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved
Gm B C D
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
Gm B F Gm
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
F
It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
Gm B F Gm
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat
One, two...
Esm B
There are no mistakes in life some people say
G5FG5
It's true sometimes you can see it that way
Esm B
People don't live or die, people just float
Gm B F Gm
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat
Gm B C D
There's smoke on the water, it's been there since June
Gm B F Gm
Tree trunks uprooted in the high crescent moon
Gm B C D
Hear the pulse and vibrations and the rumblin' force
Gm B F Gm
Somebody's out there beating on a dead horse
F
She never said nothin', there was nothin' she wrote
Gm B F Gm
She's gone with the man in the long black coat
Gm B F Gm
She's gone with the man in the long black coat
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