The Man In Black Is Gone

E He started out down in memphis back in 1956 B7 E I walk the line was just the first of a string of golden hits E I cant forget when I first heard that Boom-Chicka-Boom B7 E And a voice like thunder filling up the room E I took a ride on the big river got those folsom prison blues B7 E I Danced all night to ring of fire wore holes in both my shoes E The years have come and gone, I guess things happen that way B7 E But I recall it all like it was yesterday A E Now they tell me that the voice has fallen silent B7 But I swear I fell him singing loud and strong A E A We may never see a man, the likes of him again E B7 E Bow your heads boys, The man in black is gone E E He could sing about the prison in a voice of hardened steel B7 E Or a song of jaded lovers only lonely hearts could feel E He can lift your spirits high, send them crashing to the floor B7 E But I guess the man wont be coming back no more E Well I heard that in his younger days he was wild and he was mean B7 E Toiling in the bowels of hell, where the devil picked him clean E But he rose above that ancient noise to a place at heavens gate B7 E Wait 'till we get there, The man in black will wait A E Now they tell me that the voice has fallen silent B7 But I swear I fell him singing loud and strong A E A We may never see a man, the likes of him again E B7 E Bow your heads boys, The man in black is gone E E Well they used him 'till the fire went out and they left him there for dead B7 E But the love of a good women put the song back in his head E With injustice all around he wouldnt wear bright colours on his back B7 E Thats why he'll always be the man in black E Now he's singing with a brand new band, he's got a brand new rhyme B7 E But theres still a lot of people in this world he left behind So listen some dark midnight, to the lonesome thundercrash B7 E You just might hear "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" A E Now they tell me that the voice has fallen silent B7 But I swear I fell him singing loud and strong A E A We may never see a man, the likes of him again E B7 E Bow your heads boys, The man in black is gone E B7 E Yeah Bow your heads boys, The man in black is gone