{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1963915,"song":"Man In Black","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1963915-man-in-black-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1963915?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":143,"content":"Man in Black - this is the song that cash said he felt deeply personal about for it was the way he saw things \r\nin his life this is the version he first performed in early 1971 and the link to that performance is here \r\n - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3xHuVltaFo [go to 1:02 in]\r\n\r\n[tab]Chords for this song (with capo on 2nd Fret)\r\n   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nE|-2--0--0--3--2--|\r\nB|-0--2--1--2--1--|\r\nG|-0--2--0--2--2--|\r\nD|-0--2--2--2--0--|\r\nA|-2--0--3--0-----|\r\nE|-3--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, you wonder why I always dress in black,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhy you never see bright colors on my back,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                                [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nWell, there's a reason for the things that I have on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLivin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                          [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nBut is there because he's a victim of the times.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wear the black for those who never read,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr listened to the words that Jesus said,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAbout the road to happiness through love and charity,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                               [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nWhy, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWell, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                   [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nUp front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI wear it for the sick and lonely old,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                      [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nEach week we lose a hundred fine young men.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd, I wear it for the thousands who have died,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBelieven' that the Lord is on their side,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBelieven' that we all were on their side.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, there's things that never will be right I know,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd things need changin' everywhere you go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou'll never see me wear a suit of white.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd tell the world that everything's ok,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\nTill things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Man in Black - this is the song that cash said he felt deeply personal about for it was the way he saw things \nin his life this is the version he first performed in early 1971 and the link to that performance is here \n - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3xHuVltaFo [go to 1:02 in]\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG G G G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD7 D7 G","chords":["G","A","C","A7","D7","E","B","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}