Joan Osborne - Man in the long black coat

^AmCrickets are ^Cchirpin' the^G water is^E high There's a ^Amsoft cotton ^Cdress on the l^Gine hangin' d^Amry ^AmWindow's wide ^Copen A^Gfrican t^Erees ^AmBent over ba^Cckwards in a h^Gurricane b^Amreeze ^GNot a word, a goodbye, not even a note She's ^Amgone with the ^Cman in the l^Gong black c^Amoat

^AmSomebody s^Ceem him h^Gangin' a^Eround At the ^Amold dance h^Call on the o^Gutskirts of t^Amown He looked i^Amnto her e^Cyes when she s^Gtopped him to a^Esk If he ^Amwanted to d^Cance he had a ^Gface like a ^Ammask ^GSomebody said, from the Bible he quote There was ^Amdust on the m^Can in the l^Gong black c^Amoat

^AmPreacher was t^Calkin' there's a ^Gsermon he ^Egave He said ^Amevery man's ^Cconscience is v^Gile and dep^Amraved You ^Amcannot dep^Cend on it t^Go be your g^Euide When it's ^Amyou who ^Cmust keep it^G sati^Amsfied ^GIt ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat She give her ^Amheart to the ^Cman in the^G long black^Am coat

^GThere are no mistakes in life s^Come people say It's t^Amrue sometimes you can^G see it that wa^Cy ^GPeople don't live or die, ^Cpeople just float She give her ^Amheart to the ^Cman in the l^Gong black c^Amoat

There's ^Amsmoke on the ^Cwater, it's ^Gbeen there since ^EJune ^AmTree trunks up^Crooted in the h^Gigh crescent ^Ammoon Hear the ^Ampulse and vi^Cbrations and th^Ge rumblin^E' force ^AmSomebody's ^Cout there b^Geating on a d^Amead horse ^GShe never said nothin', there was nothin' she wrote She's ^Amgone with the ^Cman in the l^Gong black c^Amoat She's ^Amgone with the ^Cman in the l^Gong black c^Amoat