Standard Tuning Capo 2
/ C /Well, you / wonder why I always dress in / black.
Why you / never see bright colors on my / back, and
F - C / F - CWhy does my ap - pearance, seem to / have a sombre tone,
/ D / G7Well, there's a / reason for the things that I have / on.
/ C /
I wear the / black for the poor and the beaten / down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of / town.
/ F - C / F - CI / wear it for the prisoner, who has / long paid for his crime.
/ D / G7But is / there because he's a victim of the / times.
/ C /
I / wear the black for those, who've never / read,
Or / listened to the words, that Jesus / said,
/ F - C / F - CA - / bout the road to happi - ness, through / love and chari - ty,
/ C / G7Why, you'd / think He's talking straight to you and / me.
/ C /
Well, we're / doin' mighty fine, I do sup - / pose,
In our / streak-of-lightnin' cars and fancy / clothes,
/ F - C / F - CBut / just so we're re -minded, of, the / ones who are held back,
/ C / G7
Up / front there oughta be a man in / black.
/ C /
I / wear it for the sick and lonely / old,
/ C / DFor the / reckless ones, whose bad trip left them / cold,
I / wear the black in mournin', for the / lives that could have been,
/ C / G7Each / week we lose a hundred fine young / men. and
/ C /
I / wear it for the thousands who have / died,
/ C / DBe - / lievin' that the Lord was on their / side,
I / wear it for another hundred / thousand who have died,
/ C / G7Be - / lievin' that we all were on their / side.
/ C /
Well, there's / things that never will be right, I / know, and
C / DThings need changin' ev'rywhere you / go,
But / 'til we start to make a move, to / make a few things right,
/ C / G7You'll / never see me wear a suit of / white.
/ C /
Aw! I'd / love to wear a rainbow every / day, and
/ DTell the world that ev'rything's / OK,
But I'll / try to carry off a little / darkness on my back,
/ C - G7 / C'Til / things are brighter, I'm the man in / black.
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