Street Corner Preacher chords by Amos Lee

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

No capo
*= One strum

Verse:
         D                        Cadd9
He got a new mercy, a new grace, Street corner preacher with the angry
             Em7                                 G*
face, He got two years off, for good behavior , Back in the neighborhood

 working for the savior,
        D                                          Cadd9
That's two old ladies and a junkie now, now He can see for sure that his
                            Em7
work is cut out, Though he walks through the shadows he won't fear his
            G*
neighbor, Back in the neighborhood working for the savior,
Chorus:
D                                 Cadd9                            Em7
Bau bau, buh do de da, De da de,  bau  bau, buh do de da,de da de, Bau
                                  G
Bau, , buh do de dah, de da de,  bau bau, ya ya
Verse:
              D                                             Cadd9
Well, he understands the need for living it large, But it's hard to get a job
                                Em7
with a felony charge, Now he's working in a hospital washing dishes,
G*
Walking through the fields of the lost inhibitions,
          D                                         Cadd9
There is death every breath , a new benediction, to save the liver from
                                       Em7
awaking,  death is his conviction, The eyes of man, well he seeks no
         G*                                             D
 favor, back in the neighborhood working for the savior
Bridge:
              Cadd9        G            D      Cadd9           G
But there's a whole lotta trouble all around, Every night the same old siren
D                 Cadd9       G           D        Cadd9             G
 Sound, There's a whole lotta trouble all around, Children soldiers in this
           D
battle ground

Chorus
Verse:
        D                                Cadd9
Well, a new sun and a second chance, He unbolts the door and hops over

Em7                                       G*
the fence, Young woman with a baby that her daddy gave her, back in the

neighborhood working for the savior,
      D                          Cadd9
But all around the war rages on, burnt out houses with the front door gone,
         Em7                                            G*
Well his faith is his fountain, his love is his labor, Back in the neighborhood
                                       D
working for the savior,
Cadd9  Em7      G
Whoa,  yeah,    ahh

Chorus
Ending:
          D                       Cadd9
He got a new mercy, a new grace, Street corner preacher with the angry
             Em7                                G*
face, He got two years off for good behavior,  back in the neighborhood
                                      D*
working for the savior