St. Peter chords by Isaac Guillory

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Well, it all
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started out about ten years ago
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When I drove up from     the south
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Riding down     on a straight hard road
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Hanging cornbread in       my mouth
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And I know what you mean
when you said she was bad
But I never really understood why now
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Till that strawberry blonde
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that     moved to the land
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Came over to kiss me
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goodbye
Hold on
Saint
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Peter, I'm coming your way
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Why do you hold your lantern so high?
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I just did a  chase    that's
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gonna last me all day
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It's a slow -soul picnic till the
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day I die
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Chicago's too mean     and I tried
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New
Orleans
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And I wound up in
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L  .A.
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The street is too hot,
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I was looking for the spot where this poor young boy      could stay
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An d that's when I met
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Judy, she was so good to me and I
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love her so much all day now
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She said things were just fine till     I met her old man
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and he decided I  should be on my way
Hold on
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Peter, I'm coming your way
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Why do you hold your line so high?
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I just wrote a
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J that's gonna last me all day
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It's a strong soul picnic till the day I die
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Well, I've been back down just to
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visit the town I left so long     ago
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I  see familiar places,
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but the strangest faces
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There must be somebody here     I know
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I walked into the bar and  the back
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of the room was good old
Scott
Drunk
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Joe
He said,
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Paul,    where you been?
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And I gave him a grin and said, man,
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there's just no place to go
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Picked up his grin as he sat   down again,
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he said, son, I could have told you so
Hold on,
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Peter, I'm coming your way
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Why do you hold your landing
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so high?
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I just did the day that's
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gonna last me all day
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And  it's gone so meekly
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till the day I die
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