Chords for Son House - Preaching the Blues 1967

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So, _ _ _ _ what I didn't give up [Eb] God, _ _ _ _ since [N] I didn't go back to [Bbm] _ _ _
_ playin'.
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So, [Bb] _ _ the preachin' blues, cause I preached for a long time in Louisiana, in East Cal
Pass, see in this, _ _ _ _ _ _ they call them [N]
counties.
_ And in Louisiana, then they changed it, they called it _ Paris.
_ And I was livin' in East Cal Pass, _ _ _ down in Louisiana, [Eb] _ far up in that old border out [Bb] there,
and y'all knows Louisiana.
But yet, and still, I never did forget this.
_ _ Make a peace, _ preachin' the blues. _ _
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_ _ _ [Bb] I [Eb] _ _ _
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_ _ _ said, uh, _ _ I was gonna get me a religion. _ _ _
_ I said, I was gonna join the Baptist church.
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_ _ _ _ Yeah, _ I'm gonna get me a religion. _ _ _
_ I said, I'm gonna join the Baptist church.
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_ _ _ _ _ I said, I wanna be a Baptist preacher, _ _ _ _ _ so I wouldn't have to worry.
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_ _ _ _ You know, _ one deacon looked around, _ _ _ and he began to grin.
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_ _ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ one deacon looked around, _ _ and _ he began to grin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ He said, you know one thing I'll do, _ _ _ I'll go back to bellhousing again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You know, _ one sister jumped up, _ _ _ and _ she began to shout. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah, one sister jumped up, _ _ _ and she began to [C] shout.
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_ _ _ He said, you know one thing I'll do, _ _ _ I'll be glad when this old corn liquor's gone out.
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_ _ That time I grabbed up my suitcase, _ _ _ and I jumped out down the [Ebm] road. _ _
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_ Yeah, _ I grabbed my suitcase, _ _ and I jumped out down the road.
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I said, Mary on that church, _ _ _ Mary good Lord, _ bless your soul.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, _ _ _ another deacon looked around. _
_ He said, sister, _ why don't you hurry?
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_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ bless your soul. _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Yeah, _ _ _ _ bless your soul.
You know you drink corn liquor, _ _ _ and you want a hammer stick. _
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_ _ _ Oh, through the dawn of my sin, _ _ I told my holy _ soul. _
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_ _ _ _ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
oh my oh. _ _ _
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_ _ You know I wouldn't mistreat _ nobody, _ _ not for my _ waiting door.
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It's a way to make sure that you're true to the Bible. _
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