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

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
C C/A C/B


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

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

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

Interlude:
C Am G C
C Am G C
C Am G C
Am G C

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

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

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

Interlude:
C Am G C
C Am G C
C Am G C
Am G C

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

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

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

Outro:
C Am G C
C Am G C
C Am G C
Am G C
C Am G C
C Am G C
C Am G C
Am G C
C Am G C
C Am G C
C Am G C
Am G C