I'm Gonna Dress In Black
Them
Written by Thomas Kilpatrick (under the pseudonym M. Gillon); released as the
B-side to "(It Won't Hurt) Half As Much" and later to "It's All Over Now Baby
Blue". Also released on the album "Them".
6/8 time
Intro:
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I'm
Verse:
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wal - kin' a long road to Georgia,
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Yeah, the long road, ta - kin' me
that's
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back. Gonna live in the hills,
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far a - way in the hills, And I'm
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gon - na dress in black.
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Way
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high in the hills in Geor - gia,
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Gonna live in an old tent
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shack. No- bo- dy I'll
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see, and no one will see me, And I'm
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gon - na dress in black.
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'Cause
Bridge:
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I went down big ci- ty,
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And mo- ney and money in my sack,
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Found a girl, so fine,
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thought she was mine, But she
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left me without a shirt to my
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back. Way
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out in the hills in Geor - gia,
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I'll live in my old tent
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shack. I'll think of the time
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that wo- man was mine, And I'm
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gon - na dress in black.
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Hey!
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'Cause
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I went, I went down the big city,
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I had mo- ney, had money in my sack,
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Found a girl, so fine,
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I thought she was mine, But she
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left me without a shirt to my back.
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Yeah,
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way out, way out in hills in Geor - gia,
the
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I'll live in my old tent
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shack. I'm gonna think of the time
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oh, that woman was mine, and I'm
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gon - na dress in black,
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yeah, I'm
Outro:
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gon - na dress in black,
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woah, yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna dress in...
Fade out...
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