St Peter And All Of His Land chords by The Hill Country Devil

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
C majorC C/AC/A C/BC/B


Verse 1:
 C majorC       A minorAm     G+G         C majorC
I heard two man crying in a prayer under their breath
    C majorC   A minorAm   G+G     C majorC
As the waves crashed into their land
    C majorC  A minorAm    G+G      C majorC
And the tide welcomed two men into death
     A minorAm    G+G         C majorC  C/AC/A C/BC/B
With such rhythm I swear that it was said

Verse 2:
  C majorC    A minorAm        G+G      C majorC
And old St. John blessed the water as it broke
  C majorC      A minorAm   G+G      C majorC
And cleaned the city of all that it had
C majorC      A minorAm       G+G         C majorC
Ten thousand men with their daughters in their left
    A minorAm     G+G          C majorC
Such a show, it's hard to compete with that

Chorus:
FF        G+G
Follow that ol' river from this town
    C majorC            A minorAm
To the darkest of voids, to the mount
     FF      G+G
Built by men with his own bare hands
   C majorC  G+G  FF     G+G     C majorC
To protect St. Peter and all of his land

Interlude:
C majorC A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
A minorAm G+G C majorC

Verse 3:
 C majorC      A minorAm       G+G     C majorC
I saw two men hanging in the yard of a prison
     C majorC       A minorAm      G+G    C majorC
But you, would you have spoken for a crowd of ten?
    C majorC      A minorAm     G+G   C majorC
Though none of the yeas will remember them
   A minorAm     G+G      C majorC
Let alone could call them a friend

Verse 4:
 C majorC          A minorAm    G+G      C majorC
A augmentedA young priest placed roses on top of their graves
   C majorC        A minorAm    G+G        C majorC
As he spit out to the ground in which they were laid
C majorC    A minorAm      G+G    C majorC
Two good men had been taken as slaves
       A minorAm      G+G     C majorC
For a single number into a bastard's name

Chorus:
FF        G+G
Follow that ol' river from this town
    C majorC            A minorAm
To the darkest of voids, to the mount
     FF      G+G
Built by men with his own bare hands
   C majorC  G+G  FF     G+G     C majorC
To protect St. Peter and all of his land

Interlude:
C majorC A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
A minorAm G+G C majorC

Verse 5:
C majorC          A minorAm       G+G     C majorC
First ground shaking cavalier as the people all fled
    C majorC       A minorAm    G+G      C majorC
And the poor families threw us on the heavy ground
   C majorC       A minorAm   G+G     C majorC
While dirty old leopold was making his rounds
      A minorAm    G+G      C majorC
They got to hear the old word of mouth

Verse 6:
    C majorC      A minorAm  G+G     C majorC
And the devil took a step out of his carriage
    C majorC     A minorAm  G+G    C majorC
And he leaned all in towards my ear
    C majorC    A minorAm      G+G     C majorC
And he told me "Son, you got nothing to fear
      A minorAm  G+G      C majorC
You sure as hell ain't around here"

Chorus:
FF        G+G
Follow that ol' river from this town
    C majorC            A minorAm
To the darkest of voids, to the mount
     FF      G+G
Built by men with his own bare hands
   C majorC  G+G  FF     G+G     C majorC
To protect St. Peter and all of his land
C majorC
Play it fucking loud

Outro:
C majorC A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
C A minorAm G+G C majorC
A minorAm G+G C majorC