Chords for (The Story Of) The Preacher and the Bear - New Christy Minstrals

_ _ _ _ _ [A] Now the preachery went out walking, it was on one [E] Sunday _ morning.
Course it [Bm] was again his religion, [F#] but he took his gun [B] along.
_ [E] He shot himself some mighty [B] fine [A] quail, _ a [E] measly hare.
_ [A] And on his way returning [C#] home, [F#] he met a great big, [B] hmm, _ [E] grizzly bear.
Oh, well the bear sat down in the middle [B] of the road, as mean as he [E] could be.
And the preacher, he commenced to [F#m] shake him, and he climbed up a [B] cement tree.
Then the bear stood up and he rolled his [A] eyes and he shook his [Em] ugly head.
[A] The preacher looked up to [C#] the skies and these are the [E] words he said.
[A] And these are [B] the words he [E] said. _ _
_ Oh Lord, we deliver a cannon from the lion's den.
Deliver Jonah from the [B] belly of the way to heaven.
[E] The Hebrew children from the fiery [A] curtains of the good book [E] to declare.
Oh Lord, Lord, if [C#] you can't help [F#] me for goodness sake, don't you help that bear.
[A] Oh Lord, [C#] Lord, if you can't help [F#] me for goodness sake, don't [E] you help that bear.
_ [F] _ Ooooooh.
Now the bear commenced to climb the tree [A#] and that made the [F] preacher sore.
Preacher [D] climbed still higher [G] till he couldn't [C] climb no more.
[F] Just about then this limb give away [A#] and they both come a [F]-tumbling down.
[A#] And when [C] that preacher began [D] to pray, _ [G] you could hear it [C] for miles [F] all around.
Oh Lord, we deliver a cannon from the lion's den.
Deliver Jonah from the belly [C] of the way to heaven.
[F] The Hebrew children from the fiery curtains [A#] of the good book to [F] declare.
Oh Lord, Lord, if you [G] can't help me for goodness [C] sake, don't you help [F] that bear.
Oh Lord, Lord, if you can't help me [G] for goodness sake, don't you help [F] that bear.
[F#] _ Ooooooh.
Now they fall all the way down to [B] the river and it was a [F#] terrible fight.
That bear was really laying it [G#] on.
But the [D#m] preacher, [C#] well he was doing all right.
_ _ _ [E] _ He [F#] dragged that beast right down in the [B] water.
It was three [E]
[F#] times in and out.
[B] Then the bear got loose [C#] and he limped [D#] away.
_ _ [G#] And the preacher [C#] he began [F#] to shout.
Oh Lord, we deliver a cannon from the lion's den.
Deliver Jonah from the belly of [C#] the way to heaven.
[F#] Now Lord, it may not seem like much [B] from where you sit [F#] up there. _
[B] But the hardest job [F#] I [D#m] ever done _ [G#] was [F#m] baptizing that bear.
[F#] Yeah, the hardest [D] job I ever done was [C#] baptizing [F#] that bear.
Oh Lord, we deliver a cannon from the lion's den.
Deliver Jonah from the belly of the [C#] way to heaven.
[F#] The Hebrew children from the fiery [B] curtains of the good book to [F#] declare.
[B] Oh Lord, Lord, if you [D#] can't help me [C#] for goodness sake, don't you [F#] help that bear.
That's the story [C#] of the preacher [F#] and the bear. _ _ _ _ _ _
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