The Preacher & The Stranger chords by
Celtic Thunder
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Key: A major
Verse 1
G
G

We don't have much here
Csus2
Csus2

But you're welcome to it all
Dsus4
Dsus4

D
D

Csus2
Csus2

The preacher told the stranger
C
C

Csus2
Csus2

C
C

G
G

at the door
C
C

G
G

Come sit down by this fire
Csus2
Csus2

Let the coffee warm you up
G
G

D
D

C
C

I can't see I've seen rain this hard before
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

The stranger said "I saw your sign,
Csus2
Csus2

C
C

as I was walk ing down the road"
Em
Em

D
D

"And I figured that a church might be
C
C

Csus2
Csus2

Dsus4
Dsus4

the safest place to go"
D
D

Well son,
Verse 2
G
G

crosses sure get heavy
D
D

And we've all got one to bear
C
C

Em
Em

D
D

And if you're looking for a shelter
C
C

From the storm,
Csus2
Csus2

you'll find one here
G
G

They sat and talked for hours
D
D

Ebdim
Ebdim

There in that empty church
Em
Em

D
D

About how life's unfair sometimes
C
C

G
G

Trying to make sense of how God
Am
Am

Dsus4
Dsus4

works
D
D

The preacher said
Verse 3
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"I lost my son one summer,
Csus2
Csus2

And he was only 25
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A drunk driver crossed that
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Csus2
Csus2

C
C

G
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double yellow line
And I prayed so hard to Jesus,
Csus2
Csus2

To save my only son
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D

C
C

It seems all I do these days
Csus2
Csus2

C
C

G
G

is question why
Em
Em

Now I stand here every Sunday,
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D

C
C

and preach to everybody else
Em
Em

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D

And I talk a lot about forgiveness,
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C

D
D

but I can't do it myself"
Dsus4
Dsus4

D
D

Verse 4
G
G

Son, crosses sure get heavy
D
D

And we've all got one to bear
Em
Em

D
D

I don't know why I'm telling you all this
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C

Csus2
Csus2

Or if you even care
C
C

G
G

They sat and talked for hours
D
D

Ebdim
Ebdim

There in that empty church
Em
Em

D
D

About how life's unfair sometimes
C
C

G
G

Trying to make sense of how God
Am
Am

works
Interlude 1
Am
Am

Dsus4
Dsus4

D
D

Dsus4
Dsus4

D
D

Verse 5
G
G

Tears filled the strangers eyes
C
C

Csus2
Csus2

He said "I know I've changed a lot
D
D

C
C

I might be hard for you to recognize
G
G

C
C

G
G

But late one summer night
C
C

Csus2
Csus2

I'd had too much to drink
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D

I got behind the wheel and
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C

G
G

changed both of our lives
Em
Em

And 'I'm sorry' just ain't good
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D

C
C

enough, when you hurt someone like that
Em
Em

D
D

And if I could, God knows I'd give
C
C

D
D

my life to bring him back"
Verse 6
G
G

Preacher, crosses sure get heavy
D
D

And we've all got one to bear
Em
Em

D
D

And I'm here to ask forgiveness
C
C

If you even care
G
G

They sat and talked for hours
D
D

Ebdim
Ebdim

There in that empty church
Em
Em

D
D

About how life's unfair sometimes
C
C

G
G

Trying to make sense of how
Am
Am

God works
Outro 1
Am
Am

C
C

Dsus4
Dsus4

D
D

G
G

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