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Pastor's absent on vacation chords by 
Porter Wagoner
N/A•
Verse 1
D
G
D
Pastors absent on vacation,
A
D
G
Church is closed till his return.
D
The old man went to meet him,
for the day was bright and fair,
G
Though his limbs were very tottering,
D
and it was hard to travel there.
A
D
But he hungered for the gospel,
so he trudged the weary way,
A
On the road so rough and dusty beneath
the summer sun's burning ray.
By and by he reached the building
D
to his soul a holy place.
G
And then he paused and wiped the sweat
D
from his thin and wrinkled face.
G
D
But he looked around bewildered
A
D
for the old bell didn't toll
G
And the doors were shut and bolted,
D
G
and he didn't see a soul.
But he saw a little notice tacked
D
upon the meetin' door,
Am
D
So he limped along to read it,
and he read it o 'er and o 'er.
A
G
D
Then he wiped his dusty glasses,
G
D
E
and he read it o 'er again,
A
till his legs begin to tremble
and his eyes begin to pain.
D
As the old man read the notice,
G
how it made his spirit burn,
pastor on vacation,
D
G
church closed till his return.
D
A
And the old man said,
D
G
would the farmer leave his cattle
D
Bm
A
Or the shepherd leave his sheep?
D
Why, who would give them care and shelter
Or provide them food to eat?
G
So it strikes me very singular
D
When a man with holy hands
Thinks he needs a vacation
Forsakes his tender lambs
A
Do the markets close their doors
Just to take a little rest?
Why, would be the height of nonsense
D
G
For their trade would be distressed
Did you know it ever happened
D
or hear anybody tell
Satan taking a vacation,
G
D
A
shuttin' up the doors of hell?
D
G
Oh, tell me, that when I reach that
D
city over on the other shore
Bm
A
D
Would I find a little notice
tacked upon the golden door?
G
D
Telling me, dreadful silence,
written words that cut and burn,
G
D
A
Jesus absent on vacation,
D
Heaven closed till
His return.
G
D
Pastors absent on vacation,
A
Church is closed till his return.
D
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