Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I can still recall the day my
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Uncle Chester caught religion
The reverend took him swimming,
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Uncle Chester, he was big,
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he was mean, and even vicious
But he didn't stand a chance against the
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Verse 2
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the sheriff of Pitman County
His hair was long and black
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In the pockets of his coat,
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were the tools of his professions
A tattered old black bible
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and a loaded .44
Verse 3
'Bout the peace down in the valley
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The reverend had a special way
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for healing wicked sinners
Interlude 1
a whole lot more
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Verse 4
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I don't know where he came from,
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but I do know where he's gone
He's gone to meet his maker and
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And to keep a home fire burning for
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the ones lost in the night
The kind of fire he lit in me to
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Verse 5
'Bout the peace down in the valley like
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The reverend had a special way
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for healing wicked sinners
a whole lot more
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Verse 6
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when he taught the old time gospel
It was Heaven, it was prison,
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oh, the loaded .44
Verse 7
'Bout the peace down in the valley
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The reverend had a special way
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for healing wicked sinners
He only had to shoot a few
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