Reverend Lee Chords by Roberta Flack

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story about a very big, [E] strong, black, sexy, _ [D] pot-bellied, _ [E] Southern Baptist minister.
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He thinks like all men that he has his program laid out for the ladies.
_ _ [E] Early one morning, the voice of the Lord aroused him from [D] a very deep voice.
_ [Am] Rev just tapped _ [A] him very lightly and said, Rev, _ _ _ yeah.
_ Lord said, Rev, he said, now I'm not here to frighten you, son.
[Em] He said, you know I trust you and I believe [E] in you. _
[D] But I've been looking down trying to find my most _ [Em]
loyal, faithful, and devoted servant.
_ [Am] I've come here [Em] this morning, Rev, to tell you that you are high [A] and running.
Rev was very cool.
He said, [E] right on, Lord.
_ _ Lord said, Rev, he said, now, [Dm] he said, I [E] don't want you to be just [C] that sure.
He said, I [A] know you've passed all the trials [D] and all the tribulations and all [Am] the temptations that I've put in front of you.
Just step right on [B] over.
I'm like the true champ you [E] are.
He said, but I got one last thing that I got to test you with and [D] I think ought to give you fair warning.
[Em] This ain't going to be your everyday [Am] trial.
_ [A] [Am] Rev was still cool. _
[A] Lord said, Rev, he said, I think just to give you a clear picture, maybe I ought to tell [E] you exactly what you're going to see.
He said, standing at the foot of your bed, [G] one of these [Bb] mornings, Rev, is going to be what you [E] think is a [C] vision.
[A] He said, but it won't be no vision, Rev.
[Am] It's going to be the real thing.
He said, standing at the foot of your bed is going to be the [Em] finest, basic black lady you ever saw in your life.
He said, Rev, she's just going to [D] be standing [G] there, about [E] 5'7 and a [Eb] half.
He said, [Cm] _ [G] [Bm] Rev, the lady's going to be, [A] he said she's going to be 38.
_ Starting from the top, Rev.
_ [E] _ _ _ The lady's going to be a [Gb] neat little [D] tiny 22, lean back to the deep [Am] end. _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ [E] _ Beggin' and pleadin' Lord.
[D] Lovin' is _ _ what she wants.
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Every day [Am] she cries. _ _
[Dm] So Lord knows I love you [E] child. _ _ _
And I [D] would not _ _ _ _ have placed [Am] her above [E] [Dm] you [A] child. _
Rev.
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[C] _ [Em] lifted his arms. _ _ _
He [D] called on her, _ _ _ [Gb]
take me home to [Am] _ _ _ _ _
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lockdown where she [E] touched the floor.
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I'm a _ [D] _ [Gb] lady, _ oh my [Am] vision.
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It's a hard truth.
_ I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ a girl [Em] like that. _ _ _
You see me [D] and [Bm] me.
[Gb] Rev.
[Am] I'm a man of God.
I'm a _ woman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] of God.
I'm a woman of God.
[D] _ Hey.
_ [E] How can I [Am] leave you? _ _ _ _ _
Just in a [A] damn [Am] _ world. _
Picked up [D] from the water.
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He [Em] said that I [D] tried.
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Your God [Am] will not bother. _ _
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[Eb] Repeat [Am] _ _ it.
[Cm] Ran screaming [Em] into water.
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He was heartless.
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Go thank God.
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