Chords for Bryan Duncan - "Mr. Bailey's Daughter"
Tempo:
99.75 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
A
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
Now this is [Em] the story of a lower middle [A] class American [Em] preacher's kid that found that we
don't always do all the right things for the right reasons.
Now my [Am] dad is the [E] finest man of God to ever grace the pulpit of a small Pentecostal church.
To tell the truth, I was born on Monday and in church on Sunday and I guarantee I was never [Am] late.
[Em] His mom was the organ player and [E] the Sunday school teacher while I [D] took up the [E] offering.
She would always make me give it back.
[G] And as a child I had [E] the honor of sitting in the front row for the first five minutes
of every sermon.
That's usually how long it takes to be called up to the platform for the [G] express purpose
[E] keeping me from escaping under the pew.
[D] [E]
There I would sit behind the pulpit [Em] and count ceiling tiles for the next hour and a [E] half.
But like most people over the years, I [A] got used to [E] the pressure of saying and doing all
the [A] right things whether I [D] believed it or not.
Because [E] if I didn't, I had the largest gathering of [Em] elderly ladies ever to [E] act upon their moral
obligation to [Bm] report everything I ever said [G] or did.
[E] So you can understand why I loved going to the youth [Em] conventions.
It was a prove beyond [E] the shadow of a doubt.
There were girls going to church that [Em] were under 65 years of [E] age and suddenly there she
was fourth row [Em] back on the left in the [Dm] choir, the [E] absolute dream of every kid ever to seek
[D] permission to [F#m] fall [Em] [E]
[Em] in love.
Hey, [E] Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, hoping [Em] she'll notice me.
[E] Got me singing in the choir, [Em] volunteering my time for free.
[E] Now I'm praying for revival, working at [Em] living right.
[E] Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church [G] on Sunday night.
[A] It's amazing what will [E] turn your life around in a hurry.
Overnight I'd come to realize what it meant, wrong or right, [A] to [Bm] be motivated.
[E] I was captivated.
I was serious.
Shoot, I [Em] was hearing voices.
[A] Suddenly all the things I'd [E] been doing for years took on a whole new [A] experience.
[G] You [E] see, now I was out to please someone [D] besides [E] myself.
I was convinced she was an angel from heaven. [A] Who knows?
[G] She might [E] have been.
She disappeared fast enough.
But look who's still here, trying to do the right thing for the right reason.
Break it [F] down.
[E] Hey,
[G] [D] [E] Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, [G] hoping she'll notice me.
[E] Got me singing in the choir, [A] volunteering [E] my time for free.
Now I'm praying for revival, working [Em] at living [Dm] right.
[E] Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on Sunday night.
Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, hoping she'll [A] notice [Em] me.
Got [E] me singing in the choir, volunteering [G] my time for [Em] free.
[E] Now I'm praying for revival, working at living right.
[D] [E]
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at [C] church on Sunday [D] night.
[E]
[Em] Now, at church on Sunday night.
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on [E] Sunday night.
[A] [E]
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on [A] Sunday night.
[D]
[E]
[N] Well, I hope you got that on tape.
We made that up.
That was more fun than actually practicing [E] a song.
[A]
Now this is [Em] the story of a lower middle [A] class American [Em] preacher's kid that found that we
don't always do all the right things for the right reasons.
Now my [Am] dad is the [E] finest man of God to ever grace the pulpit of a small Pentecostal church.
To tell the truth, I was born on Monday and in church on Sunday and I guarantee I was never [Am] late.
[Em] His mom was the organ player and [E] the Sunday school teacher while I [D] took up the [E] offering.
She would always make me give it back.
[G] And as a child I had [E] the honor of sitting in the front row for the first five minutes
of every sermon.
That's usually how long it takes to be called up to the platform for the [G] express purpose
[E] keeping me from escaping under the pew.
[D] [E]
There I would sit behind the pulpit [Em] and count ceiling tiles for the next hour and a [E] half.
But like most people over the years, I [A] got used to [E] the pressure of saying and doing all
the [A] right things whether I [D] believed it or not.
Because [E] if I didn't, I had the largest gathering of [Em] elderly ladies ever to [E] act upon their moral
obligation to [Bm] report everything I ever said [G] or did.
[E] So you can understand why I loved going to the youth [Em] conventions.
It was a prove beyond [E] the shadow of a doubt.
There were girls going to church that [Em] were under 65 years of [E] age and suddenly there she
was fourth row [Em] back on the left in the [Dm] choir, the [E] absolute dream of every kid ever to seek
[D] permission to [F#m] fall [Em] [E]
[Em] in love.
Hey, [E] Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, hoping [Em] she'll notice me.
[E] Got me singing in the choir, [Em] volunteering my time for free.
[E] Now I'm praying for revival, working at [Em] living right.
[E] Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church [G] on Sunday night.
[A] It's amazing what will [E] turn your life around in a hurry.
Overnight I'd come to realize what it meant, wrong or right, [A] to [Bm] be motivated.
[E] I was captivated.
I was serious.
Shoot, I [Em] was hearing voices.
[A] Suddenly all the things I'd [E] been doing for years took on a whole new [A] experience.
[G] You [E] see, now I was out to please someone [D] besides [E] myself.
I was convinced she was an angel from heaven. [A] Who knows?
[G] She might [E] have been.
She disappeared fast enough.
But look who's still here, trying to do the right thing for the right reason.
Break it [F] down.
[E] Hey,
[G] [D] [E] Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, [G] hoping she'll notice me.
[E] Got me singing in the choir, [A] volunteering [E] my time for free.
Now I'm praying for revival, working [Em] at living [Dm] right.
[E] Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on Sunday night.
Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, hoping she'll [A] notice [Em] me.
Got [E] me singing in the choir, volunteering [G] my time for [Em] free.
[E] Now I'm praying for revival, working at living right.
[D] [E]
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at [C] church on Sunday [D] night.
[E]
[Em] Now, at church on Sunday night.
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on [E] Sunday night.
[A] [E]
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on [A] Sunday night.
[D]
[E]
[N] Well, I hope you got that on tape.
We made that up.
That was more fun than actually practicing [E] a song.
[A]
Key:
E
Em
A
D
G
E
Em
A
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now this is [Em] the story of a lower middle [A] class American [Em] preacher's kid that found that we
don't always do all the right things for the right reasons.
Now my [Am] dad is the [E] finest man of God to ever grace the pulpit of a small Pentecostal church.
To tell the truth, I was born on Monday and in church on Sunday and I guarantee I was never [Am] late.
[Em] His mom was the organ player and [E] the Sunday school teacher while I [D] took up the [E] offering.
She would always make me give it back.
[G] And as a child I had [E] the honor of sitting in the front row for the first five minutes
of every sermon.
That's usually how long it takes to be called up to the platform for the [G] express purpose
[E] keeping me from escaping under the pew.
[D] _ _ [E] _
There I would sit behind the pulpit [Em] and count ceiling tiles for the next hour and a [E] half.
But like most people over the years, I [A] got used to [E] the pressure of saying and doing all
the [A] right things whether I [D] believed it or not.
Because [E] if I didn't, I had the largest gathering of [Em] elderly ladies ever to [E] act upon their moral
obligation to [Bm] report everything I ever said [G] or did.
[E] So you can understand why I loved going to the youth [Em] conventions.
It was a prove beyond [E] the shadow of a doubt.
There were girls going to church that [Em] were under 65 years of [E] age and suddenly there she
was fourth row [Em] back on the left in the [Dm] choir, the [E] absolute dream of every kid ever to seek
[D] permission to [F#m] fall [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] in love.
Hey, [E] Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, hoping [Em] she'll notice me.
[E] Got me singing in the choir, _ [Em] volunteering my time for free.
[E] Now I'm praying for revival, working at [Em] living right.
[E] Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church [G] on Sunday night.
[A] It's amazing what will [E] turn your life around in a hurry.
_ Overnight I'd come to realize what it meant, wrong or right, [A] to [Bm] be motivated.
[E] I was captivated.
I was serious.
Shoot, I [Em] was hearing voices.
[A] Suddenly all the things I'd [E] been doing for years took on a whole new [A] experience.
[G] You [E] see, now I was out to please someone [D] besides [E] myself.
I was convinced she was an angel from heaven. [A] Who knows?
[G] She might [E] have been.
She disappeared fast enough.
But look who's still here, trying to do the right thing for the right reason.
Break it [F] down.
[E] Hey, _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [E] Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, [G] hoping she'll notice me.
[E] Got me singing in the choir, [A] volunteering [E] my time for free.
Now I'm praying for revival, working [Em] at living [Dm] right.
[E] Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on Sunday night.
Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, hoping she'll [A] notice [Em] me.
Got [E] me singing in the choir, volunteering [G] my time for [Em] free.
[E] Now I'm praying for revival, working at living right.
[D] _ [E]
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at [C] church on Sunday [D] night.
[E] _
_ [Em] _ Now, at church on Sunday night.
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on [E] Sunday night.
[A] _ [E]
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on [A] Sunday night.
[D] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ Well, I hope you got that on tape.
We made that up.
_ That was more fun than actually practicing [E] a song.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now this is [Em] the story of a lower middle [A] class American [Em] preacher's kid that found that we
don't always do all the right things for the right reasons.
Now my [Am] dad is the [E] finest man of God to ever grace the pulpit of a small Pentecostal church.
To tell the truth, I was born on Monday and in church on Sunday and I guarantee I was never [Am] late.
[Em] His mom was the organ player and [E] the Sunday school teacher while I [D] took up the [E] offering.
She would always make me give it back.
[G] And as a child I had [E] the honor of sitting in the front row for the first five minutes
of every sermon.
That's usually how long it takes to be called up to the platform for the [G] express purpose
[E] keeping me from escaping under the pew.
[D] _ _ [E] _
There I would sit behind the pulpit [Em] and count ceiling tiles for the next hour and a [E] half.
But like most people over the years, I [A] got used to [E] the pressure of saying and doing all
the [A] right things whether I [D] believed it or not.
Because [E] if I didn't, I had the largest gathering of [Em] elderly ladies ever to [E] act upon their moral
obligation to [Bm] report everything I ever said [G] or did.
[E] So you can understand why I loved going to the youth [Em] conventions.
It was a prove beyond [E] the shadow of a doubt.
There were girls going to church that [Em] were under 65 years of [E] age and suddenly there she
was fourth row [Em] back on the left in the [Dm] choir, the [E] absolute dream of every kid ever to seek
[D] permission to [F#m] fall [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] in love.
Hey, [E] Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, hoping [Em] she'll notice me.
[E] Got me singing in the choir, _ [Em] volunteering my time for free.
[E] Now I'm praying for revival, working at [Em] living right.
[E] Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church [G] on Sunday night.
[A] It's amazing what will [E] turn your life around in a hurry.
_ Overnight I'd come to realize what it meant, wrong or right, [A] to [Bm] be motivated.
[E] I was captivated.
I was serious.
Shoot, I [Em] was hearing voices.
[A] Suddenly all the things I'd [E] been doing for years took on a whole new [A] experience.
[G] You [E] see, now I was out to please someone [D] besides [E] myself.
I was convinced she was an angel from heaven. [A] Who knows?
[G] She might [E] have been.
She disappeared fast enough.
But look who's still here, trying to do the right thing for the right reason.
Break it [F] down.
[E] Hey, _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [E] Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, [G] hoping she'll notice me.
[E] Got me singing in the choir, [A] volunteering [E] my time for free.
Now I'm praying for revival, working [Em] at living [Dm] right.
[E] Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on Sunday night.
Mr.
Bailey has a daughter, hoping she'll [A] notice [Em] me.
Got [E] me singing in the choir, volunteering [G] my time for [Em] free.
[E] Now I'm praying for revival, working at living right.
[D] _ [E]
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at [C] church on Sunday [D] night.
[E] _
_ [Em] _ Now, at church on Sunday night.
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on [E] Sunday night.
[A] _ [E]
Man, it ever looked more sanctified at church on [A] Sunday night.
[D] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ Well, I hope you got that on tape.
We made that up.
_ That was more fun than actually practicing [E] a song.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _