Legend Of The Big Steeple chords by Porter Wagoner

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Verse 1
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Am 
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 (C major)  (A minor)  (F major) There's a legend about a church  (C major) in our
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town the steeple so high seen for miles  (F major) around
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Look on the hill and you'll  (B flat major) realize
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the steeple's  (F major) too big  (C major) for the churches size  (F major) 
It seems it was a long time ago when
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F 
 (B flat major) this church had no steeple  (F major) 
Just four walls and the roof overhead
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C 
sheltered  (G major) the humble  (C major) people
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But the  (F major) money was short cause
the times were bad
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They  (B flat major) had to get along on what they had  (F major)  (C major) 
Just good simple people
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praying for a steeple  (F major) 
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About this time when spring  (C major) was near a man
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of weath and his sweet (F major) heart dear
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Made their plans for the bell (B flat major) s   to ring they  (F major) 
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would wed  (C major) on the first of spring  (F major) 
So this man of wealth and his true love
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dear  (B flat major) named the wedding hours  (F major) 
They would wed in the little church
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C 
the one  (G major) that had no towers  (C major) 
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But  (F major) he was the kind and generous man
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he  (B flat major) told his true love of his plan  (F major)  (C major) 
How to build a steeple for
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these good  (F major) people
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Yes  (B flat major) they'll have their steeple
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the bells  (F major) there will ring
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They'll  (C major) ring for our wedding
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on the  (B flat major) first day of spring  (F major) 
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But they say death comes  (C major) like a thief and
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soon his heart was filled  (F major) with grief
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One week before the wed (B flat major) ding day he
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learned  (F major) his love has passed  (C major) away  (F major) 
in spite of his grief and broken heart
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he  (B flat major) kept the promise given  (F major) 
I'll build the steeple so my love
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can  (G major) hear the bells in  (C major) heaven
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And  (F major) then he built the steeple there
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F 
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the tallest  (B flat major) one in all the  (F major) land  (B flat major)  (C major) 
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That's how the people got their steeple  (F major) 
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Well  (B flat major) that is the reason the
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steeple  (F major) lives so high
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And  (C major) how the bells ring
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louder when springtime  (B flat major) is nigh
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 (F major) 