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