[Intro]
Am C G Em 
Am C G Am
[Verse]
Am           C           G        Em 
Crickets are chirpin' the water is high 
          Am          C             G            Am 
There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry 
Am            C     G       Em 
Window's wide open African trees 
Am          C             G         Am 
Bent over backwards in a hurricane breeze
[Chorus]
G 
Not a word, a goodbye, not even a note 
      Am            C           G          Am 
She's gone with the man in the long black coat
[Verse]
Am        C        G       Em 
Somebody seem him hangin' around 
       Am         C           G            Am 
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town 
           Am       C             G              Em 
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask 
      Am         C             G           Am 
If he wanted to dance he had a face like a mask
[Chorus]
G 
Somebody said, from the Bible he quote 
          Am           C          G          Am 
There was dust on the man in the long black coat
[Verse]
Am            C                G         Em 
Preacher was talkin' there's a sermon he gave 
        Am          C              G          Am 
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved 
    Am        C          G          Em 
You cannot depend on it to be your guide 
          Am      C           G    Am 
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
[Chorus]
G 
It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat 
             Am           C         G          Am 
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat
[Bridge]

One, two... 
F                              C 
There are no mistakes in life some people say 
      Am                   G              Am 
It's true sometimes you can see it that way 
F                         C 
People don't live or die, people just float 
             Am           C           G          Am 
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat
[Solo]
Am C G Em x4
[Verse]
        Am           C           G                Em 
There's smoke on the water, it's been there since June 
Am            C              G            Am 
Tree trunks uprooted in the high crescent moon 
         Am          C              G        Em 
Hear the pulse and vibrations and the rumblin' force 
Am         C          G            Am 
Somebody's out there beating on a dead horse
[Outro]
G 
She never said nothin', there was nothin' she wrote 
      Am            C           G          Am 
She's gone with the man in the long black coat 
      Am            C           G          Am 
She's gone with the man in the long black coat