Chords for Roberta Flack - Reverend Lee

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_ Well, we [E] have a _ [C] _ [A] _
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story _ _ about a very big, [E]
strong, black, sexy, _ [D] pot-bellied _ Southern [E] Baptist minister.
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_ _ _ He thinks like all men that he has his program laid out for the ladies.
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Early one morning, the voice of the Lord aroused him from a [D] very deep sleep.
The Lord [A] just _ tapped [Gb] [A] him very lightly and said, Rev?
_ Rev said, yeah? _
The Lord said, Rev, he said, now I'm not here to frighten you, son.
[Gb] He said, you know I trust you and I [E] believe in you.
_ [D] But I've been looking down trying to find my most [Em] _ loyal, faithful, and [Am] devoted servant.
_ [E] I've come here this [C] morning, [E] Rev, to tell you that you are high [A] in the running.
Rev was very cool.
He said, [E] right on, Lord.
_ The Lord said, Rev, he said, now, [A] [D] he said, I [E] don't want you to be just [C] that [A] sure.
He said, I know you passed all the trials and all the tribulations and all the temptations
that I put in front of you.
Just stepped right on over them like the true [E] champ you are.
He said, but I got one [Em] last thing that I gotta test you with and [D] I think ought to give you fair warning.
[E] This ain't gonna be your everyday [Am] trial.
Rev was still cool.
_ Lord said, Rev, he said, I [A] think just to give you a clear picture, maybe I ought to tell you
exactly [E] what you're gonna see.
He said, standing at the foot of your bed [Em] on one of these [D] mornings, Rev, is gonna be
what you [E] think is a [C] vision.
[A] He said, but it won't be no vision, Rev.
It's gonna be the real [Am] thing.
He said, standing at the foot of your bed is gonna be the [E] finest basic black lady you
ever saw in your life.
[Em] He said, Rev, she's just gonna [D] be standing there about [Bm] five, seven and a half.
He said, [Cm] _ [G] [B] Rev, the lady's gonna be, [Gm] [A] says she's gonna be 38.
_ Starting from the top, Rev.
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_ Said, the [A] lady's gonna be a neat little [G] tiny [D] 22 and he leaned back, took a deep [A] breath,
said, have [Am] mercy. _ _
Said, she's gonna be 49.
_ Rev.
Lee _ went _ to the [D] water, [E] _ _ _ _ [D] prayed to the Lord _ [Bm] _ about [Am] old Satan's [C] daughter.
[A] _ _ It seems [Am] in a dream child, _ while he lay [D] sleeping, _ [E] _ _ she climbed [D] in his bed, _ _ [Em] starts rubbing [Am] and
weeping, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ begging [G] and [E] pleading, _ _ _ Lord.
[D] Loving and _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] begging, baby.
_ _ _ _ Revenant, [G]
[Am] she cried.
_ _ Said, Lord [E] knows I love you, child.
_ _ _ [A] Said, I [D] would not _ _ _ _ _ place [Am] God above.
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_ _ _ _ [C] He [Em] lifted his arms high, _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] taking hold [Am] of her. _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Am] Her feet on her chest, _ _ knocked [F] down where [E] she touched the [Em] floor.
_ My [D] mind is, _
_ _ [Em] _ oh, my [Am] body is, yes it is.
_ _ I rose up, _ _ _ and heard [Em] the lightning.
_ _ _ They drew me [D]
and, _ [Bm] yeah, _ [Am] showed me fire.
_ I _ was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] on the mission.
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I said, _ [E] I cannot [Am] be _ _ permissioned.
_ Just stand [A] together, [Am] _ _ _ _ pick up from the [Eb]
[D] water.
_ [E] _ _ He [D] said, in a dry voice, _ [E] your [Am] God will not [G] bother.
[Am] _ _ _ _ Revenant Lee _ _ ran [Eb] screaming from the [E] _ _ room.
He was heartless.
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_ [Gb] _ _ Oh, Satan, _ [C] _
_ Revenant, _ _ [A] [C] Revenant, she said.
Revenant, _ _ Revenant, she cried.
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Revenant, Revenant, _ [Ebm] _ [B] [C] she cried.
Revenant, _ Revenant, she cried.
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