Circuit Rider Chords by Country Gentlemen

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_ _ _ _ [Em] The stormy clouds were rolling, the rain was pouring down.
_ _ [Am] Swollen creeks were rising [C] in the hollows all [D]
around.
_ _ _ [Em] All living things took shelter in the comforts of their home. _ _ _ _
But there [C] rode a lonely rider through the stormy night [G] alone. _ _ _
There [Em] came a blast of thunder, it made an awful sound.
A _
[Am] big oak tree exploded, [C] went crashing to [D] the ground.
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But the rider never faltered, he rode the whole night through.
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Yes, daddy was a man of God, with godly work to [G] do.
Circuit rider, take the gospel to the people [Em] in the hill. _
_ _ _ _ [C] Let the church be where you find it, it be the master's will. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Em] The widow's sister Johnson, they say, passed away. _
_ _ [Am] They need you for the funeral when they bury [D] her today.
_ _ [Em] A miller boy's been sparking the girl from down in fire. _
_ _ [C] He's waiting for you, preacher, to make that [G] girl a bride. _
_ _ [Em] When daddy rode the circuit, he was gone for twenty _ days.
_ [Am] Or maybe even longer, if they needed him [D] to stay. _
_ _ [Em] He never was the selfiest man with any of his time.
_ _ [C] He always said the needs of God mean more to me [G] than mine. _
Circuit rider, take the gospel to the people [Em] in the hill. _ _ _
_ Let [C] the church be where you find it, it be the [G] master's will. _
_ _ [Em] Circuit rider, circuit rider, circuit rider. _ _ _
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