The Preacher And Me chords by Hal Ketchum

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Brothers run wild
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as the spring rains at winter
Foaming and raging your
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way to the sea
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Across the dial evening
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and no one would notice
No one would know
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but the preacher and me
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Sixteen days of ridin',
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pushin' on that mule train
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Two hundred rifles for sad time to spend
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That preacher talkin' about
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freedom and justice
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By takin' the coin
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from the high bidder's hand
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He said, change is a welcome
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and a wondrous thing
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Only the truest intentions will win
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Trade them up even an eye for an eye
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The faster you live, hell,
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the faster you die
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Rode on before me,
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blowin' the moonlight
Peacefully swayin' to some old
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gospel tune
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Lay down my hand,
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cross the grain of my rifle
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Let a river before me,
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my chance comin' soon
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I'd keep him around till
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we fall in the water
I'd lead him around
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till we made the other side
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And   I'd shoot me a hole
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in that glow in the moonlight
Say a prayer for the preacher
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at the end of his ride
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He said, change is a welcome
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and a wondrous thing
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Only the truest intentions  will bring
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You trade them up even
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an eye for an eye
The faster you live, hell,
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the faster you die
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He turned and he smiled
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as we pushed the mules
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deeper
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Spurred his horse,
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swam across,
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stood waiting on the bank
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Made it halfway,
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saw the flash of his rifle
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My leg burned like fire,
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my horse kicked and
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Kicking and turning in
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that old muddy water
Going down, coming up,
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going down again
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I swear to this day was that
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river that saved me
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Swept me away from that
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preacher's killing hand
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He said, change is a welcome
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and a wondrous thing
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Only the truest intentions will bring
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Train them up even an eye for an eye
The faster you live, hell,
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the faster you die
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Now that Brazos ran wild
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as the spring rains had left her
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Foaming and raging her way to the sea
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Across her that evening
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no one would no  tice
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No one would know
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but the preacher and me
I said no one would know
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but preacher and me