Penny For The Preacher chords by Jon Boden

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Gm 
G 
The preacher is there for his children
He will drive the dogs from the wasteland
He remembers things we've forgotten
Gm 
He will lead us to bread and water
And
G 
I, I have sometimes
Burned your hands off a few old times
Weak, weak, bed of empty
Hiding in the water
Am 
I think he is a good man
G 
He seems like a good man
F 
Em 
E 
C# 
A 
Am 
These days it's not easy to  be sure
D 
I think he is a good man
C 
F 
Em 
I hope he is a good man, but who can tell a good man from a bad man
Am 
G 
F 
Gm 
G 
when a preacher man comes knocking at your door?
There is a path in the darkness
Gm 
G 
There is a stone in the forest
Gm 
There is a strength in our weakness
G 
Gm 
There is a spruce in the floodplain
G 
Fire, fire, house on fire
Burn your hands on
Gm 
the funeral pyre
G 
Leave, leave, fu neral leave
Hang on the altar
Am 
I think he is a good man
G 
It seems like a good man
F 
Em 
C#m 
Am 
But these days it's not easy  to be sure
D 
I think he is a good man,
C 
I hope he is a good man
F 
Em 
But who can tell a good man
from a bad man
Am 
G 
F 
When a creature man comes looking at your door