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Well, you / wonder why I always dress in / black.
Why you / never Csee bright colors on my / back, and D
FWhy does my ap - pearance, Cseem to / have a sombre tone,F C
Well, there's a / reasonD for the things that I have / on. G7
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I wear the / black for the poor and the beaten / down,
CLivin' in the hopeless, hungry side of / town. D
I / Fwear it for the priCsoner, who has / long paid Ffor his crime. C
But is / theDre because he's a victim of the / times. G7
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I / wear the black for those, who've never / read,
Or / liCstened to the words, that Jesus / said, D
A - / boFut the road to happi - ness, throCugh / love and chari F- ty, C
Why, you'd / think HCe's talking straight to you and / me. G7
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Well, we're / doin' mighty fine, I do sup - / pose,
In our / stCreak-of-lightnin' cars and fancy / clothes, D
But / juFst so we're re -mindedC, of, the / ones who areF held back, C
Up / frCont there oughta be a man in / black. G7
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I / wear it for the sick and lonely / old,
For the / recCkless ones, whose bad trip left them / cold, D
I / Fwear the black in mourninC', for the / lives that Fcould have been, C
Each / weeCk we lose a hundred fine young / men. and G7
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I / wear it for the thousands who have / died,
Be - / liCevin' that the Lord was on their / side, D
I / Fwear it for another hundrCed / thousand Fwho have died, C
Be - / liCevin' that we all were on their / side. G7
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Well, there's / things that never will be right, I / know, and
CThings need changin' ev'rywhere you / go, D
But / 'tFil we start to make a move, to C/ make a few tFhings right, C
You'll / neCver see me wear a suit of / white. G7
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Aw! I'd / love to wear a rainbow every / day, and
Tell the world that ev'rything's / OK, D
But I'll / tFry to carry off Ca little / darFkness on my back, C
'Til / Cthings are brighter, I'm tG7he man in / black. C
Enjoy!
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