Chords for Kingston Trio Reverend Mr Black
Tempo:
92.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
Eb
G
D
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
He rode easy in the saddle, he was tall and [G] lean, and at first you thought nothing but
a [C] streak of mean could [F] make a man look so [C] downright strong, but [G] one look in his eyes
and [C] you knowed you was wrong.
He was a mountain of a man, and I want you to [G] know he could preach hot [C] hell or freezing snow.
[F] He carried a Bible in [C] a canvas sack, and [G] the folks just called him [C] the Reverend Mr.
Black.
[F] He was poor as a beggar, but [C] he rode like a king.
[G] Sometimes in the evening I [C] could hear him sing.
I got to walk [F] that [C] lonesome valley, I [G] got to walk it by [C] myself, oh [F] nobody else can walk
[C] it for me, I got to walk [Em] it by [F] myself.
[C] [Fm] If ever I could have thought [Db] that this man in black [Ab] was soft and had [Db] any yellow up his
back, [Gb] I gave that notion [Db] up today.
[Ab] A lumberjack came [Db] in and it wasn't a prey.
He kicked open the meeting house door [Ab] and he cussed everybody [Db] up and down the floor,
[Gb] and then when things [Db] got quiet in the place, [Ab] he walked up and [Db] cussed in the preacher's face.
[D] He hit that reverend like the kick of a mule, [A] and to my way of thinking [D] it took a pure fool
[G] to turn the other cheek to [D] that lumberjack, [A] but that's what he did, [Dm] the Reverend Mr.
Black.
[D] He stood like a rock, a man among men, [A] then he let that [D] lumberjack hit him again, and
[G] then with a voice [D] as kind as could be, [A] he cut him down [D] like a big old tree when he said,
You got to walk that lonesome valley, you got to [A] walk it by [D] yourself, oh nobody [G]
else
can [D] walk it for you, you got to walk it by [G] yourself.
[D] [Eb] It's been many years since we had the part, [Bb] I guess I [Eb] learned his ways by heart, [Abm] I can
still hear his [Eb] sermons ring [Bbm] down in the [Eb] valley where he used to sing.
I followed him, yes sir, and I don't regret it, [Bb] I hope that I'll [Eb] always be a credit [Ab] to
his memory, because I [Eb] want you to understand, [Bb] the Reverend Mr.
Black [Ebm] was my [Eb] old man.
You got to walk [Ab] that [Eb] lonesome valley, you [Ab] got to walk it [Eb] by yourself, oh [Ab] nobody else
can [Eb] walk it for you, you got to [Bb] walk it [Eb] by yourself.
You got to walk that lonesome valley, you [Abm] got to walk it by yourself, oh [Ab] nobody else
can [Db] walk it for you, you got to [Eb] walk it by yourself.
He rode easy in the saddle, he was tall and [G] lean, and at first you thought nothing but
a [C] streak of mean could [F] make a man look so [C] downright strong, but [G] one look in his eyes
and [C] you knowed you was wrong.
He was a mountain of a man, and I want you to [G] know he could preach hot [C] hell or freezing snow.
[F] He carried a Bible in [C] a canvas sack, and [G] the folks just called him [C] the Reverend Mr.
Black.
[F] He was poor as a beggar, but [C] he rode like a king.
[G] Sometimes in the evening I [C] could hear him sing.
I got to walk [F] that [C] lonesome valley, I [G] got to walk it by [C] myself, oh [F] nobody else can walk
[C] it for me, I got to walk [Em] it by [F] myself.
[C] [Fm] If ever I could have thought [Db] that this man in black [Ab] was soft and had [Db] any yellow up his
back, [Gb] I gave that notion [Db] up today.
[Ab] A lumberjack came [Db] in and it wasn't a prey.
He kicked open the meeting house door [Ab] and he cussed everybody [Db] up and down the floor,
[Gb] and then when things [Db] got quiet in the place, [Ab] he walked up and [Db] cussed in the preacher's face.
[D] He hit that reverend like the kick of a mule, [A] and to my way of thinking [D] it took a pure fool
[G] to turn the other cheek to [D] that lumberjack, [A] but that's what he did, [Dm] the Reverend Mr.
Black.
[D] He stood like a rock, a man among men, [A] then he let that [D] lumberjack hit him again, and
[G] then with a voice [D] as kind as could be, [A] he cut him down [D] like a big old tree when he said,
You got to walk that lonesome valley, you got to [A] walk it by [D] yourself, oh nobody [G]
else
can [D] walk it for you, you got to walk it by [G] yourself.
[D] [Eb] It's been many years since we had the part, [Bb] I guess I [Eb] learned his ways by heart, [Abm] I can
still hear his [Eb] sermons ring [Bbm] down in the [Eb] valley where he used to sing.
I followed him, yes sir, and I don't regret it, [Bb] I hope that I'll [Eb] always be a credit [Ab] to
his memory, because I [Eb] want you to understand, [Bb] the Reverend Mr.
Black [Ebm] was my [Eb] old man.
You got to walk [Ab] that [Eb] lonesome valley, you [Ab] got to walk it [Eb] by yourself, oh [Ab] nobody else
can [Eb] walk it for you, you got to [Bb] walk it [Eb] by yourself.
You got to walk that lonesome valley, you [Abm] got to walk it by yourself, oh [Ab] nobody else
can [Db] walk it for you, you got to [Eb] walk it by yourself.
Key:
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Eb
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Ab
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
He rode easy in the saddle, he was tall and [G] lean, and at first you thought nothing but
a [C] streak of mean could [F] make a man look so [C] downright strong, but [G] one look in his eyes
and [C] you knowed you was wrong.
He was a mountain of a man, and I want you to [G] know he could preach hot [C] hell or freezing snow.
[F] He carried a Bible in [C] a canvas sack, and [G] the folks just called him [C] the Reverend Mr.
Black.
[F] He was poor as a beggar, but [C] he rode like a king.
[G] Sometimes in the evening I [C] could hear him sing.
I got to walk [F] that [C] lonesome valley, I [G] got to walk it by [C] myself, oh [F] nobody else can walk
[C] it for me, I got to walk [Em] it by [F] myself.
[C] _ [Fm] If ever I could have thought [Db] that this man in black [Ab] was soft and had [Db] any yellow up his
back, [Gb] I gave that notion [Db] up today.
[Ab] A lumberjack came [Db] in and it wasn't a prey. _
He kicked open the meeting house door [Ab] and he cussed everybody [Db] up and down the floor,
[Gb] and then when things [Db] got quiet in the place, [Ab] he walked up and [Db] cussed in the preacher's face.
_ [D] He hit that reverend like the kick of a mule, [A] and to my way of thinking [D] it took a pure fool
[G] to turn the other cheek to [D] that lumberjack, [A] but that's what he did, [Dm] the Reverend Mr.
Black.
[D] He stood like a rock, a man among men, [A] then he let that [D] lumberjack hit him again, and
[G] then with a voice [D] as kind as could be, [A] he cut him down [D] like a big old tree when he said,
You got to walk that lonesome valley, you got to [A] walk it by [D] _ yourself, oh nobody [G] _
else
can [D] walk it for you, you got to walk it by [G] yourself.
[D] _ [Eb] It's been many years since we had the part, [Bb] I guess I [Eb] learned his ways by heart, [Abm] I can
still hear his [Eb] sermons ring [Bbm] down in the [Eb] valley where he used to sing.
I followed him, yes sir, and I don't regret it, [Bb] I hope that I'll [Eb] always be a credit [Ab] to
his memory, because I [Eb] want you to understand, [Bb] the Reverend Mr.
Black [Ebm] was my [Eb] old man.
You got to walk [Ab] that [Eb] lonesome valley, you [Ab] got to _ walk it [Eb] by yourself, oh [Ab] nobody else
can [Eb] walk it for you, you got to _ [Bb] walk it [Eb] by yourself.
You got to walk that lonesome valley, you [Abm] got to _ walk it by yourself, oh [Ab] nobody else
can [Db] walk it for you, you got to [Eb] walk it by yourself. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
He rode easy in the saddle, he was tall and [G] lean, and at first you thought nothing but
a [C] streak of mean could [F] make a man look so [C] downright strong, but [G] one look in his eyes
and [C] you knowed you was wrong.
He was a mountain of a man, and I want you to [G] know he could preach hot [C] hell or freezing snow.
[F] He carried a Bible in [C] a canvas sack, and [G] the folks just called him [C] the Reverend Mr.
Black.
[F] He was poor as a beggar, but [C] he rode like a king.
[G] Sometimes in the evening I [C] could hear him sing.
I got to walk [F] that [C] lonesome valley, I [G] got to walk it by [C] myself, oh [F] nobody else can walk
[C] it for me, I got to walk [Em] it by [F] myself.
[C] _ [Fm] If ever I could have thought [Db] that this man in black [Ab] was soft and had [Db] any yellow up his
back, [Gb] I gave that notion [Db] up today.
[Ab] A lumberjack came [Db] in and it wasn't a prey. _
He kicked open the meeting house door [Ab] and he cussed everybody [Db] up and down the floor,
[Gb] and then when things [Db] got quiet in the place, [Ab] he walked up and [Db] cussed in the preacher's face.
_ [D] He hit that reverend like the kick of a mule, [A] and to my way of thinking [D] it took a pure fool
[G] to turn the other cheek to [D] that lumberjack, [A] but that's what he did, [Dm] the Reverend Mr.
Black.
[D] He stood like a rock, a man among men, [A] then he let that [D] lumberjack hit him again, and
[G] then with a voice [D] as kind as could be, [A] he cut him down [D] like a big old tree when he said,
You got to walk that lonesome valley, you got to [A] walk it by [D] _ yourself, oh nobody [G] _
else
can [D] walk it for you, you got to walk it by [G] yourself.
[D] _ [Eb] It's been many years since we had the part, [Bb] I guess I [Eb] learned his ways by heart, [Abm] I can
still hear his [Eb] sermons ring [Bbm] down in the [Eb] valley where he used to sing.
I followed him, yes sir, and I don't regret it, [Bb] I hope that I'll [Eb] always be a credit [Ab] to
his memory, because I [Eb] want you to understand, [Bb] the Reverend Mr.
Black [Ebm] was my [Eb] old man.
You got to walk [Ab] that [Eb] lonesome valley, you [Ab] got to _ walk it [Eb] by yourself, oh [Ab] nobody else
can [Eb] walk it for you, you got to _ [Bb] walk it [Eb] by yourself.
You got to walk that lonesome valley, you [Abm] got to _ walk it by yourself, oh [Ab] nobody else
can [Db] walk it for you, you got to [Eb] walk it by yourself. _ _ _ _ _ _ _