--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Man in the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard Bob Dylan Man in the Long Black Coat (1989) (Bob Dylan) From: "Oh Mercy" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO | F#m | freely time signature: 6/8 | F#m| % | | F#m A | E C#m | F#m A | E F#m| | F#m A | E C#m | F#m A |3/4 E | F#m| % | | E | % | F#m A |3/4 E | F#m| % | F#m A E C#m Crickets are chirpin?, the water is high F#m A E F#m There?s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin? dry F#m A E C#m Window wide open, African trees F#m A E F#m Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze E E Not a word of goodbye, not even a note F#m A She gone with the man E F#m In the long black coat F#m A E C#m Somebody seen him hanging around F#m A E F#m At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town F#m A E C#m He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask F#m A E F#m If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask E E Somebody said from the Bible he?d quote F#m A There was dust on the man E F#m In the long black coat F#m A E C#m Preacher was a talkin?, there?s a sermon he gave F#m A E F#m He said every man?s conscience is vile and depraved F#m A E C#m You cannot depend on it to be your guide F#m A E F#m When it?s you who must keep it satisfied E E It ain?t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat F#m A She gave her heart to the man E F#m In the long black coat D A There are no mistakes in life some people say F#m E F#m It is true sometimes you can see it that way D A But people don't live or die, people just float F#m A She went with the man E F#m In the long black coat F#m A E C#m There?s smoke on the water, it?s been there since June F#m A E F#m Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon F#m A E C#m Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force F#m A E F#m Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse E E She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote F#m A She gone with the man E (F#m) In the long black coat OUTRO | F#m | % | % | % | | F#m E | F#m | | F#m E | F#m | | F#m E | F#m | F#m