Man In The Long Black Coat

3/4 time 
 
Fool around in F#m 
 
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Crickets are chirpin‘ the water is high 
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There‘s a soft cotton dress? on the line hangin‘ dry 
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Windows wide open African trees 
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Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze 
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Not a word, a goodbye, not even a note 
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She gone with the man in the long black coat 
 
Somebody singing hangin‘ around 
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of  town 
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask 
If he wanted to dance he had a face like a mask 
Somebody said, from the Bible he quote 
There was dust on the man in the long black coat 
 
Preacher was talkin‘ there‘s a sermon he gave 
He said every man‘s conscience is vile and depraved 
You cannot depend on him to be your guide 
And it‘s you who must keep it satisfied 
It ain‘t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat 
To give her heart to the man in the long black coat 
 
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There are no mistakes in life some people say 
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And it‘s true sometimes you can see it that way 
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People don‘t live or die, people just float 
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She went with the man in the long black coat 
 
There‘s smoke on the water its been there since June 
Tree trunks uprooted neath the high passing moon 
Feel the pulse and vibrations and the rumblin‘ force 
Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse 
She never said nothin‘, there was nothin‘ she wrote 
She went with the man in the long black coat