The Lawman Reverend chords by Chris Ledoux

• Difficulty: Beginner

Intro:

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Verse 1:
      E                B            A                E
I can still recall the day my Uncle Chester caught religion
    E                                                  B
The reverend took him swimmin' and the devil must have drowned
      E               B           A              E
Uncle Chester, he was big, he was mean, and even vicious
       E                                 B               E
But he didn't stand a chance against the Lawman Reverend Brown

Verse 2:
    E               B             A                 E
The Lawman Reverend Brown was the sheriff of Pitman County
    E                                              B
His hair was long and black like the dusty suit he wore
       E              B             A               E
In the pockets of his coat were the tools of his professions
  E                              B       E
A tattered old black bible and a loaded 44

Chorus:
    A                                  E
And all across the mountain, you could hear the children singin'
          E                                               B
'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before
    E              B              A              E
The reverend had a special way of healin' wicked sinners
   E                          B                E
He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more

Interlude:
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Verse 3:
  E                   B               A                E
I don't know where he came from but I do know where he's gone
     E                                                B
He's gone to meet his maker and to guard the master's throne
       E                B               A                E
And to keep a home fire burnin' for the ones lost in the night
    E                            B               E
The kind of fire he lit in me to help me see the light

Chorus:
    A                                  E
And all across the mountain, you could hear the children singin'
          E                                               B
'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before
    E              B              A              E
The reverend had a special way of healin' wicked sinners
   E                          B                E
He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more

Verse 4:
    E N.C.            B N.C.           A                   E
The lawman helped the reverend when he taught the old-time gospel
       E N.C.        E N.C.        B N.C.  E N.C.
It was heaven it was prison or the loaded 44

Chorus:
A                                  E
All across the mountain, you could hear the children singin'
          E                                               B
'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before
    E              B              A              E
The reverend had a special way of healin' wicked sinners
   E                          B                E
He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more