Son Of A Preacher Man
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
by John Rich
CD: Son of a Preacher Man (Warner)
Written by: John Rich and Vicky McGehee
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwNWKhAJfTQ
Provided to YouTube by Reprise
[Verse 1]
G Em C D C
I'm a son of a preacher man, everybody calls him Brother Jim
G Em C D
Seems like I spend my life tryin' to live up to him
G Em C D
Well, he taught me wrong from right but Lord knows I still sin
G F C G F C G
Hey, I'm the son of a preacher man
[Verse 2]
G Em C D C
Daddy said that the narrow road was the only road to take
G Em C D
But now I make my livin' on a tour bus rollin' down interstates
G Em C D
All nighters with cheaters and liars can sometimes test your faith
G F C G
I'm still the son of a preacher man
[Chorus]
D C G
Well, the good books say that Jesus ran with a party crowd
D C G
So I believe and pray them Pearly Gates are still where I'm bound
D C G F C
And I don't know if the life I chose makes my daddy proud of who I am
G F C G C G G F C G G F C G
I'm just the son of a preacher man, hey of a preacher man
[Verse 3]
G Em C
Most Sunday mornings I spend getting over Saturday nights
G Em C D
While he's down there preaching in the pulpit, singin', 'I saw the light'
G Em C D
And sometimes it's hard to look my mirror in the eye
G F C G
Knowin' I'm the son of a preacher man
[Chorus]
D C G
Well, the good books say that Jesus ran with a party crowd
G F C
So I believe and pray them Pearly Gates are still where I'm bound
D C G C D
And I don't know if the life I chose makes my daddy proud of who I am
G F C G C G
I'm just the son of a preacher man, hey of a preacher man
[Instrumental]
D C G G
D C G G
[Outtro]
G G F C G F C C
I'm just the son, I'm just the son
G F G
Hey, I'm the son of a preacher man
G F C G
Hey, of a preacher man
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