Lawman Reverend Brown chords by Chris LeDoux

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Verse 1
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I  (A major)  (D major) can  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) still recall the day
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 (A major) my Uncle Chester  (G major) caught religion.  (D major) 
The Reverend took him swimming
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and the devil must have drowned.  (A major) 
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Uncle Chester,  (D major) he was big,  (A major) 
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he was mean  (G major) and even vicious,
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 (D major) but he didn't stand a chance
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against the lawman  (A major) Reverend Brown.  (D major) 
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The lawman, Reverend Brown,  (A major) 
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was the sher (G major) iff of Pitkin County.  (D major) 
His hair was long and black
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like the dusty suit he wore.  (A major) 
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And in the  (D major) pockets of his coat  (A major) 
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were the  (G major) tools of his professions,  (D major) 
a tattered old black Bible
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and a  (A major) loaded .44.  (D major) 
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And  (G major) all across the mountain
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you could hear  (D major) the children singing
About the peace down in the valley
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like there never was before  (A major) 
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The  (D major) reverend had a spe (A major) cial way
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for  (G major) healing wicked sin (D major) ners
He only had to shoot a few
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to  (A major) save a whole lot more  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (D major) I don't know where he came  (A major) from
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but I do  (G major) know where he's gone
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 (D major) He's gone to meet his maker
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and to guard the master's  (A major) throne
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And to  (D major) keep a home fire burning  (A major) 
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for the ones  (G major) lost in the night  (D major) 
The kind of fire he lit in me
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to  (A major) help me see the light  (D major) 
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And  (G major) all across the mountain
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you could hear  (D major) the children singing
About the peace down in the valley
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like there never was before  (A major) 
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The reverend  (D major) had a spe (A major) cial way
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for  (G major) healin' wicked sinner (D major) s
He only had to shoot a few
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to  (A major) save a whole lot more  (D major) 
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The lawman helped the rever (A major) end
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when he taught  (G major) the old -time gospel
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 (D major) It was heaven, it was prison,
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or the loaded  (A major) .44  (D major) 
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All  (G major) across the mountain
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you could hear  (D major) the children singing
About the peace down in the valley
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like there never was before  (A major) 
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The  (D major) reverend had a spe (A major) cial way
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for  (G major) healing wicked sin (D major) s
He only had to shoot a few
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to  (A major) save a whole lot more
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