Elzie Banks chords by Loretta Lynn

SimplifiedG · C · C#dim · Dsus4 · D …

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G
C
C#dim
Dsus4
D
Ab
Db
Ddim
Eb

Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
There's an  (G major) old -time preacher
C 
named Elsie  (C major) Banks
G 
And he tells  (G major) it like it is
He said you can't be good
C 
if you're a  (C major) little bit bad
G 
Cause the  (G major) devil knows you're his
And when he preaches out
fire and brimstone
C 
G 
You can  (C major) almost see the flames  (G major) 
But when he says you walk
C 
them golden  (C major) streets
C#dim 
C 
Dsus4 
D 
G 
Ten  (C sharpdim) thousand  (C major)  (Dsus4) angels    (D major) sing  (G major) 
C 
He'll break ice on the river (C major) 
G 
In the  (G major) middle of the wintertime
C 
And say, come on, sister, wade  (C major) right in
G 
The water's  (G major) mighty, mighty fine
He'd raise one hand toward the heaven
C 
And  (C major) then he'd say, let's pray
G 
C 
 (G major) Come on, Lord, let's show  (C major) this world
C#dim 
Dsus4 
G 
We're  (C sharpdim) gonna    drown  (Dsus4) the old devil  (G major) today
And we'll sing
Come on, children, let your little eyes shine
C 
G 
On  (C major) the mountain (G major) top
We'll get a kick out of
watchin' the devil
D 
Settin'  (D major) him stumblin' blunt
G 
This world  (G major) is a devil's playground
C 
And I  (C major) hate like a devil to say
G 
 (G major) He's the hardest worker in this world
D 
G 
Ab 
He works twenty  (D major) -five hours a day  (G major)  (A flat major) 
Preacher
Db 
L's a -keep on a  (D flat major) -preachin'
Ab 
You never  (A flat major) let your people down
Db 
I miss the old can't -meetin'  (D flat major) time
Ab 
And  (A flat major) dinner on the ground
He's an old -time gospel preacher
Db 
Ab 
And he  (D flat major) preaches the gospel free  (A flat major) 
Db 
But now people need  (D flat major) him
Ddim 
Ab 
And they  (Ddim) love  (A flat major) him just like me
Lord, I wouldn't be caught dead
Db 
Ab 
 (D flat major) without my Je (A flat major) sus to hold on to
Db 
If you don't know your Lord  (D flat major) today,
Ab 
tomor (A flat major) row he won't know you
Don't get me wrong, I believe in giving,
Db 
Ab 
I strongly  (D flat major) believe in faith (A flat major) ing
Db 
All the TV preachers los (D flat major) ing clothes
Ab 
for the  (A flat major) bank accounts they're saving
And we'll sing
Come on, children, let your little light shine
Db 
Ab 
on  (D flat major) the mountain (A flat major) top
We'll get a kick out of watching the devil
Eb 
setting  (E flat major) them stumbling blocks
Ab 
This farm  (A flat major) is a devil's playground
Db 
Ab 
Lord, I  (D flat major) hate like a devil to say  (A flat major) 
He's the hardest worker in this world
Eb 
Ab 
Db 
Ab 
He works 25  (E flat major) hours a  (A flat major) day  (D flat major)  (A flat major) 
Eb 
Ab 
Db 
 (E flat major)  (A flat major)  (D flat major) 
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
 (A flat major)  (E flat major)  (A flat major) 
Db 
Ab 
Ab 
 (D flat major)  (A flat major)  (A flat major) 