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Louie The Hook Vs. The Preacher chords by
Danny O'keefe
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
D
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Some of my friends got down to
F
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Je sus
D
D

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D
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Some of my friends got down to
F
F

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Jesus
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G

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Some got down to
D
D

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God
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G

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Some got down to

God
D
D

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He wasn't dead
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G

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D
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He's just on a nod
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G

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He's just on a nod

Louie the

Hook had a hunger
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G

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Way down in his soul
A
A

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He'd hit his destination
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D

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If hell had been his goal

He bruises and he ulcers
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G

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In places you can't guess
A
A

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It's safe to say that he made his play

But
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D

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Louis was a mess

Now

Louis needed money
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G

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In a very desperate way
A
A

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He felt his hour approaching
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D

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He was turnin' very gray

Went down the road

come a preacher
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G

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Hustlin' for the

Lord
A
A

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He laid his eyes on

Louie
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D

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But he did not speak a word

Preacher looked at

Louie
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G

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And he broke out in a grin
A
A

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I'd rightly say by your shade of gray, baby
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I know the fix you're in

Louie just kept a -starin'
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G

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Thinkin' he'd hit the mark
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A

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I get on your wagon, preacher,
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D

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you just put the horse before the cart

The preacher's eyes grew more,
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G

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and he shouted to the

Lord
A
A

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Before I'm done, he'll talk in tongues,
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D

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he shall know the word

Upon his book he pounded, as
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Louis began to sweat
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A

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If life is just a gamble,
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D

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he thought he'd lost the bet

But the preacher had a silken suit
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G

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and a new hall down the street
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A

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And rocks on every finger,
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D

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man, he was cruel and not discreet

So

Louie sized the preacher,
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G

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lookin' deep within his soul
A
A

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The way he stepped,
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reckon he got a thousand dollar roll
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The preacher raged, the preacher roared,
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till the crowd had come to stare
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A

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And

Louie the
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D

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Hook get religion down on

his knees in prayer

When up jumped

Louie shaky, crying,
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G

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I have seen the light
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A

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Preacher

Hugh's chuckling,
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D

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you know he thought he'd won the fight

But

Louie quick as crystal got
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G

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the spirit to his feet
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A

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He passed the hat, he got sixty bucks,
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D

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and he beat it on down the street

Now a story needs a moral,
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G

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as a song must have an end
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A

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For junkies and preachers,
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D

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a man don't need for friends

Life is just a hustle,
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G

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you got to pay for your mistakes

But if
A
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Jesus

Christ was a preacher,
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he got the short end of the tape

Some of my friends got down to
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Je sus

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Jesus
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G
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And some got down to
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God
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Some got down to

God
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He wasn't dead, baby
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D
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He's just on the naught
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He's just on the naught

I don't know the hell

I'm supposed to do here.

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Chords

  • D

  • F

  • G

  • A

Capo: 2

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Louie The Hook Vs. The Preacher by Danny O'Keefe is E major.

The primary chords used in Louie The Hook Vs. The Preacher are E, G, A, B.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, G, A, B, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Louie The Hook Vs. The Preacher is approximately 97 beats per minute.

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