Amos Lee - Street corner preacher
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C: C7/Bb: Am7:
E = 8 E = x E = 5
B = 8 B = 5 B = 5
G = 9 G = 5 G = 5
D = 10 D = 5 D = 5
A = 10 A = 7 A = 7
E = 8 E = 6 E = 5
Verse 1:
CHe got a new mercy, a new grace
C7/BbStreet corner preacher with the angry face
Am7He got two years off, for good behavior
C7/BbBack in the neighborhood, working for the savior
CThere's two old ladies and a junkie, noddin off
C7/BbHe can see for sure that his work is cut out
Am7Though he walks through the shadows, he won't fear his neighbor
C7/BbBack in the neighborhood, working for the savior
Chorus:
CBau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
C7/BbAh bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
Am7Ah bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
C7/BbAh bau bau yeah yeah
Verse 2
CWell he understands the need for livin it large
C7/BbBut it's hard to get a job with a felony charge
Am7Now he's working in a hospital washing dishes
C7/BbWalking though the fields of lost inhibitions
CEvery step, every breath a new benediction
C7/BbTo save the liver from the waking death is his conviction
Am7The eyes of man well he seeks no favor
C7/BbBack in the neighborhood workin' for the savior C
Bridge:
But there's a C7/Bbwhole lot of Am7trouble all arouCnd
C7/BbEvery night the sAm7ame old siren Csound
Ah there's a C7/Bbwhole lot of Am7trouble all arCound
C7/BbChildren, soldiers, iAm7n this battle Cground C7/Bb
Chorus:
Ah boo da Cdi Bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
Am7Ah bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
C7/BbAh bau bau yeah yeah
Verse 3:
CWell a new sun and a second chance
C7/BbHe unbolts the door and hops ever the fence
Am7Young woman with a baby that her daddy gave her
C7/BbBack in the neighborhood workin' for the savior
CBut all around the war rages on
C7/BbBurnt out houses with the front door gone
Am7Well his faith is his fountain his love is his labor
C7/BbBack in the neighborhood workin' for the savior C
Whoa oh C7/Bboh oh, Am7yeah, C7/Bbahhh
Chorus:
CBau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
C7/BbAh bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
Am7Ah bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
C7/BbAh bau bau yeah yeah
Verse 4:
CHe got a new mercy, a new grace
C7/BbStreet corner preacher with the angry face
Am7He got two years off, for good behavior
C7/BbBack in the neighborhood, working for the savior
C C7/Bb Am7 C7/Bb C
Please leave suggestions or tell me which parts seem off (I know some of the choruses seem off but if you listen they will fit)