Key: E minor
Intro 1
Em
E
Em
Verse 1
the water is high
There's a soft cotton dress
and the wine hangin' dry
G
Em
A window wide open, African tree
She gone with the man
G
Em
in the long black coat
E
Em
Somebody seen him hangin' around
At the old dancehall
G
Em
on the out skirts of town
He looked into her eyes
when she stopped him to ask
If he wanted to dance,
G
Em
he had a face like a mask
Em
le he'd quote
There was dust on the man
E
Em
G
Em
in the long black coat
E
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
You'll have no mistakes in life,
some people say,
A
Em
You can see it that way
E
Em
she gone with the man
G
Em
Preacher was talking,
G
Em
there's a sermon he gave
He said every man's conscience
G
Em
is vile and depraved.
Em
E
it sat isfied.
Em
G
It ain't easy to swallow,
She gave her heart to the man
G
Em
in the long black coat.
The smoke on the water,
E
Em
it's penicillin's tune
Tree trunks are brooding
beneath the high crescent moon
E
Em
Feel the pulse, the vibration,
G
Em
E
the rumbling force
G
Em
beating on a dead horse
She'd gone with the man
G
Em
in the long black coat
She'd gone with the man
Em
...
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