Street Corner Preacher Chords by Amos Lee

[N] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
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He got a new [Cm] mercy, [C] a new [Cm]
grace, [Bb] streak on a preacher with the angry face.
He [Am] got two years off for good behavior, [Bb] back in the neighborhood working for the Savior.
[Cm] That's two old ladies and a junkie now and now.
[Bb] He can see for sure that his work is [C] cut out, though [Am] he walks through the shadows, he won't
fear his neighbor, [Bb] back in the neighborhood working for [Fm] the Savior.
[C] _ Bum bum, ba da dum ba, ba [Cm] da dum bum bum bum, [Bb] ba da dum ba, ba [F] da dum bum bum [Bb] bum, ba da
dum ba, ba [Cm] da dum bum bum, _ [Bb] yeah, yeah.
[Cm] _
Well he understands the need for living in logs, [Bb] but it's hard to get a [Eb] job with a [Bb] felony child.
Now [A] he's working [F] in the hospital, washing dishes, _ [Eb] walking through the fields of the city.
He's lost in the dishes, [Cm] every step, every breath, a new _ [Eb] benediction to save the liver
from awakened death is his conviction.
[F] Now as a man, well he seeks no favor, [Eb] back in the neighborhood working for the [C] Savior. _ _ _ _ _ _
But [Bb] there's a whole lot [F] of trouble all [Cm] _ around, [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] every night the [F] same old siren [Cm] sound.
_ [C] _ _ _
But [Eb] there's a whole lot [F] of trouble all [C] _ _ around, _ _ _
_ [Bb] children, soldiers in [F] this _ [C] battleground.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C]
Ba ba da dum bum bum [Bb] bum, ba da dum bum bum bum, ba [Am] da dum bum bum bum, _ _ ba [Eb] da dum bum
bum [C] bum bum, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
[Cm]
Well a new son and a second chance, a [Bbm] young boat's a-doin' half over the fence.
A [A] young woman with a baby that [Am] her daddy gave her, [Eb] back in the neighborhood working for the Savior.
But [Cm] all around the war rages on, [Bb] burn out houses with the [Cm] front door blown.
Well [Am] his faith is his [F] home, his love is his neighbor, [Eb] back in the neighborhood [Cm] working
for [Eb]
the [Cm] Savior. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] Whoa, yeah, [Cm] ah. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ Ba ba da dum bum _ [Cm] bum bum, [Bb] ba da dum bum bum [F] bum, _ ba da dum bum bum bum, ba [Cm] da dum bum
bum bum bum, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
He got [Cm] a new mercy, a new [C]
grace, street corner preacher with [Bb] the angry face.
He got two [F] years of folk good behavior, [Cm] back in [Bb] the neighborhood working for the Savior.
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