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

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