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