Capo: 5 Tuning: E A D G B E

[Verse 1]

Th^Ame north wind blows a prairie fire Ac^Gross the open pl^Amain A ^Amlight shines on a granite stone Wh^Gere someone carved my ^Amname

[Chorus]

S^Fister, find the preach^Ger-man Da^Amddy, call the l^Faw Th^Amings have gotten out^F of hand He^Gre in Arkans^Amas

[Verse 2]

An^Am icy ring around the moon A ^Gfire across th^Ame sky Th^Amey buried me this afternoon An^Gd left me here to^Am die

[Chorus]

Sis^Fter, find the preach^Ger-man Da^Amddy, call the ^Flaw Th^Amings have gotten o^Fut of hand He^Gre in Arkan^Amsas

[Verse 3]

S^Amheriff Clark, Reverend, Friend M^Gissus Worthin^Amgton T^Amold my family that I'd be the end T^Go all they've d^Amone

[Chorus]

S^Fister, find the preache^Gr-man Da^Amddy, call the ^Flaw Th^Amings have gotten o^Fut of hand He^Gre in Ark^Amansas

[Verse 4]

M^Amother raised the children Da^Gddy worked th^Ame farm I^Am was born the seventh son O^Gf the seventh-b^Amorn

[Chorus]

Si^Fster, find the preach^Ger-man Da^Amddy, call the^F law Th^Amings have gotten o^Fut of hand ^GHere in Arkan^Amsas

[Verse 5]

A^Amll the elders did decree My^G soul to be un^Amclean Th^Amey strapped me to a gurney An^Gd gave me mor^Amphine

[Chorus]

Si^Fster, find the prea^Gcher-man Da^Amddy, call the l^Faw Th^Amings have gotten o^Fut of hand H^Gere in Arkans^Amas

[Verse 6]

S^Amister walks into the night A^Gnd prays, my soul to^Am save A^Amnd underneath the cold moonlight Sh^Ge finds my open^Am grave

[Chorus]

S^Fister, find the pre^Gacher-man Da^Amddy, call the^F law Th^Amings have gotten o^Fut of hand He^Gre in Arka^Amnsas

[Outro]

The^Am north wind blows a prairie fire Her^Ge in Arkan^Amsas

Robert Earl Keen - Here in arkansas