If I Was The Priest
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If I Was The Priest
Bruce Springsteen
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INTRO (don't play the bottom E string on Intro)
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VERSE
Well there's a
G
light �
G
on yonder �
D
mounta
D
in and it's
Em
callin'
D
me to sh
C
ine
C/G
There's a g
G
irl over
G
by the water
D
fountai
D
n and she's
Em
asking
D
to be m
C
ine
C/G
And ain't that
G
Jesus's he's
G
standing in the
D
doorwa
D
y
with a buckskin
Em
jacket, boots and
D
spurs so really f
C
ine
C/G
He says we n
G
eed you u
G
p in Dodge C
D
ity son
D
because there's
Em
oh so many bad
D
boys tryin' to
C
work the same line
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CHORUS
Well now if
G
Jesus was the s
D
heriff and I
Em
was the
D
priest if my
Em
lady was an
D
heiress and my ma
C
ma was a th
C/G
ief oh and
G
papa rode shotgun
D
for the Fargo
C
line
Am
Em
still too many
D
bad boys tryin' to
C
work the same line
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G
C/G
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C/G
VERSE
Now o
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ld sweet Virgin
G
Mary she runs the
D
Holy Grail Sal
D
oon
Where for a
Em
nickel they'll give you
D
whiskey and a
C
personally blessed b
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alloon
And the
G
holy ghost he's the
G
host with the most he
D
runs the berlesque show
D
Where they let
Em
in for free but ooh
D
hit you for your
C
soul when you
C/G
go
And
G
Mary serves mass on
G
Sunday and then she
D
sells her body on
D
Monday
To the
Em
bootlegger who will
D
pay the highest
C
price
C/G
Well
G
he don't know he got
G
stuck with the
D
losin' Mary s
D
tone
Em
Junkie what's more she's a
D
boozer She's
C
only been made once or twice
by some kind of magic
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C/G
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C/G
Well things
G
ain't been sane in
G
heaven ever since big bad
D
Bobby came to t
D
own
He's been
Em
known to down e
D
leven and then
C
ask for another ro
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und
And
G
me I got
G
scabs on my knees from
D
kneelin' way to l
D
ong
You
Em
got to take a stand, be a
D
man
C
up where you b
C/G
elong
And for
G
get about the
G
old friends
D
in the old t
D
imes
But there's
Em
just too many
D
new boys trying to
C
work the same line.
G/B
C/G
G
C/G
CHORUS
Well now if
G
Jesus was the s
D
heriff and I
Em
was the
D
priest if my
Em
lady was an
D
heiress and my ma
C
ma was a th
C/G
ief oh and
G
papa rode shotgun
D
for the Fargo
C
line
Am
Em
still too many
D
bad boys tryin' to
C
work the same line
G/B
C/G
G
C/G
G/B
C/G
G
C/G
VERSE
Well there's a
G
light �
G
on yonder �
D
mounta
D
in and it's
Em
callin'
D
me to sh
C
ine
C/G
There's a g
G
irl over
G
by the water
D
fountai
D
n and she's
Em
asking
D
to be m
C
ine
C/G
And
G
Jesus's he's
G
standing in the
D
doorwa
D
y
with 6 guns d
Em
rawn
D
ready to f
C
an
C/G
He says we n
G
eed you u
G
p in Dodge C
D
ity son
D
I'm a
Em
lready over
D
due in Che
C
yane
Speed