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Key : G
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[Intro]
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A#

[Verse 1]
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          A#
Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
                                     C
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
    D#               A#            D#            A#
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
                C                                 F7
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.

[Verse 2]
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  A#
I wear the black for poor and the beaten down,
                                            C
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
  D#                   A#          D#                A#
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
       C                                  F7
But is there because he's a victim of the times.

[Verse 3]
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  A#
I wear the black for those who never read,
                                    C
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
 D#                  A#                 D#            A#
About the road to happiness through the love and charity,
           C                                      F7
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.

[Verse 4]
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            A#
Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
                                         C
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
    D#                 A#         D#                A#
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
   C                                F7
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.

[Verse 5]
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  A#
I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
                                                    C
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
  D#                    A#           D#                    A#
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
     C                                 F7
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.

[Verse 6]
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       A#
And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
                                     C
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
  D#             A#           D#                A#
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
  C                                 F7
Believen' that we all were on their side.

[Verse 7]
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              A#
Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
                                       C
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
    D#                   A#         D#                A#
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
       C                           F7
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.

[Verse 8]
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        A#
Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
                                      C
And tell the world that everything's OK,
         D#              A#        D#             A#
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
                 C         F7             A#
'Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black
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