Nehemiah James chords by Preacher Boy

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I've seen a heavy -headed crow
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Beg enough to break my neck
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I seen a young old man
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learning new to give to fire
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In the belly of an old train wreck
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Oh, and he said he'd rather be the devil
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But I never could make him explain
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I'd leave the dead to the
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cypress trees
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I'd rather be near my James
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I've red burn black by fire
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I've seen a man beat a man with a crutch
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I come down in the morning
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with my keys in my hand
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And found a man dead in my truck
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Oh, and he said he'd rather be the devil
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I am ghostly like a leavin' stranger
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I'll leave the dead to
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the cypress trees
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I'd rather be near my James
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The sky been boilin' like a black kettle
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The clouds barely threatenin' to break
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I  seen a fragile young girl
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waist deep in the mud
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Prayin' over a wheelchair in the lake
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Oh, and he said he'd
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rather be the devil
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And the sun when it came up a lamer
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the cypress trees
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I'd rather be near my James
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I've seen something going
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on on the corner
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I've a shadow lie down for light
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I've seen a bullet go
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in just over the brim
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And come out the other side of the hat
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Oh, and he said he'd
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rather be the dead one
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And in the distance a whistling train
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the soft brass trees
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I'd rather be near my James
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To the Lord gives back
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what he kills off,
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a king passes his wealth down.
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A plant bleeds green in a fall spring,
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and a man bleeds red year round.
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When he said he'd rather
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be the devil,
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and the moon was on the way
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cypress trees,
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I'd rather be near my chains
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