If I Was The Priest Acoustic chords by Bruce Springsteen

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
      FF        C majorC
There's a light on yonder mountain
      DmDm      BB
And it's calling me to shine
      FF           C majorC
There's a girl over by the water fountain
       DmDm     BB
And she's asking to be mine

Verse 1:
   FF             C majorC
And Jesus is standing in the doorway
    DmDm               BB
In a buckskin jacket, boots and spurs so fine
    FF              C majorC
He says, "We need you son tonight up in Dodge City
        DmDm            BB
'Cause there's just too many outlaws trying to work the same line"
BB FF x4

Chorus:
     FF           C majorC
Now if Jesus was a sheriff and I were the priest
     DmDm            BB
If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief
  FF      C majorC        DmDm
If Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
 FF
There's still too many bad boys trying to work the same line

Verse 2:
                   C majorC
Well sweet Virgin Mary runs the Holy Grail saloon
       DmDm                   BB
Well for a nickel she'll give you whiskey and a personally blessed balloon
      FF                   C majorC
And the Holy Ghost is the host with the most, he runs the burlesque show
       DmDm              BB
Where they'll let you in for free and they hit you when you go

Verse 3:
     FF              C majorC
Mary serving Mass on Sunday and she sells her body on Monday
      DmDm              BB
To the bootlegger who paid the highest price
  FF                           C majorC
He don't know he got stuck with a loser, she's a stone junkie what's more she's a user
     DmDm              BB
She's only been made once or twice by some kind of magic

Chorus:
   FF           C majorC
If Jesus was a sheriff and I were the priest
    DmDm             BB
If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief
   FF        C majorC       DmDm
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
     BB                     FF
There's still too many outlaws trying to work the same line
 BB FF x4

Verse 4:
    FF                     C majorC
Well things ain't been the same in heaven since Big Bad Bobby came to town
       DmDm            BB
He's been known to down eleven, then ask for another round
 FF                   C majorC
Me I've got scabs on my knees from kneeling way too long
    DmDm                 BB
It's about time I played the man, took a stand where I belong
     FF           C majorC        DmDm
And I forget about the old friends and the old times
     BB                        FF
There's just too many new boys trying to work the same line

Chorus:
      FF          C majorC
Well if Jesus was a sheriff and I were the priest
    DmDm             BB
If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief
   FF         C majorC       DmDm
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
     BB                       FF
There's just too many outlaws trying to work the same line
 FF F

Verse 5:
         FF        C majorC
Well there's a light on yonder mountain
     DmDm       BB
And it's calling me to shine
      FF             C majorC
There's a girl over by the water fountain
    DmDm     BB
She's asking to be mine
  FF             C majorC
Jesus is standing in the doorway
      DmDm        BB
Six gun drawn and ready to fan
    FF                C majorC
Said, "We need you tonight son up in Dodge City"
 DmDm                 BB
Told him I was already overdue for Cheyenne

Chorus:
   FF            C majorC
If Jesus was the sheriff and I were the priest
    DmDm             BB
If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief
   FF            C majorC
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
     DmDm           BB
There's still too many bad boys trying to work the same line
   FF            C majorC
If Jesus was the sheriff and I were the priest
    DmDm             BB
If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief
   FF        C majorC       DmDm
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
      BB                       FF
There's still too many bad boys trying to work the same line
   FF            C majorC
If Jesus was the sheriff and I was the priest

Outro:
DmDm BB
FF C majorC DmDm BB
FC - To Fade

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