Chords for Paul Thorn "Pimps and Preachers"

[B] _ My father's a Pentecostal minister and my uncle was a pimp, a real pimp.
And as a child, those two guys were my mentors and everything I know about how to live life I got from them.
And so I got a new song.
It's going to pay honor and tribute to my father and [E] my uncle.
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My daddy had a [Em] Cadillac, my uncle drove a Ford.
[E] One was Satan's angel and one worked for the Lord.
[B] They had some [Em] heart and wisdom.
They both became my teachers.
[E] I was a young disciple of pimps and preachers.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ The school of life was open [Em] each day I went to class.
[E] When I didn't pay attention, they kicked me in the ass.
They were turning out young [Em] bitches and converting non-believers.
[E] I was learning from the masters, pimps and [G] preachers.
[A] One drug me through the darkness, [E] one led me to the light.
One [B] showed me how to [E] love, one taught me how to fight.
[A] I guess you could [Em] say I am an [G] _ [A] overachiever.
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[E] And I owe a debt of [B] gratitude to [E] pimps and preachers.
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They kept me under their wings, [Em] but when I passed the test,
[E] they gave me a pimp-striped suit [Em] and pushed me from the nest.
Now I'm standing on the corner recruiting hungry seekers.
[E] I'm starting a new religion, I call it pimps and [G] preachers.
One [A] drug me through the darkness, [E] one led me to the light.
[B] One showed me how to love, [E] one taught me how to fight.
[A] I guess you could say I [Em] am an _ [A] overachiever.
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[E] And I owe a debt of gratitude [B] to pimps [E] and preachers.
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_ [E] This is what they told me right here. _ _ _
You can stand there and do nothing, [Em] but if you want to go [E] far,
don't try to please everybody and be proud of who you are.
Get out there in the [Em] game, don't sit up in the [E] bleachers.
That is the philosophy of pimps and preachers.
[A] One drug me through the darkness, [E] one led me to the light.
[B] One showed me how to love, [Em] one taught me how to fight.
[A] I guess you could say I [Em] am an [G] _ [A] overachiever.
_ [Em] And I owe a debt of gratitude [B] to pimps [E] and preachers.
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