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Im Gonna Dress In Black Bass

(ver. 1)
Them
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

Verse:
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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

Verse:
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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!

Verse (solo):
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                     'Cause

Bridge:
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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,

Verse:
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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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