INTRO (don t play the bottom E string on Intro)
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VERSE
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Well there's a light -on yonder -mountain and it's callin' me to shine
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There's a girl over by the water fountain and she's asking to be mine
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And ain t that Jesus's he s standing in the doorway
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with a buckskin jacket, boots and spurs so really fine
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He says we need you up in Dodge City son because there's
Em D C (hold)
oh so many bad boys tryin' to work the same line
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CHORUS
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Well now if Jesus was the sheriff and I was the priest if my
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lady was an heiress and my mama was a thief oh and
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papa rode shotgun for the Fargo line
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still too many bad boys tryin' to work the same line
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VERSE
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Now old sweet Virgin Mary she runs the Holy Grail Saloon
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DO/SOL
Where for a nickel they ll give you whiskey and a personally blessed
balloon
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And the holy ghost he s the host with the most he runs the berlesque show
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Where they let in for free but ooh hit you for your soul when you go
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And Mary serves mass on Sunday and then she sells her body on Monday
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To the bootlegger who will pay the highest price
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Well he don t know he got stuck with the losin Mary stone
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Junkie what s more she s a boozer She s only been made once or twice
by some kind of magic
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Well things ain t been sane in heaven ever since big bad Bobby came to town
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He s been known to down eleven and then ask for another round
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And me I got scabs on my knees from kneelin way to long
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You got to take a stand, be a man up where you belong
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And forget about the old friends in the old times
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But there s just too many new boys trying to work the same line.
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CHORUS
SOL RE MIm RE
Well now if Jesus was the sheriff and I was the priest if my
MIm RE DO DO/SOL
lady was an heiress and my mama was a thief oh and
SOL RE DO LAm
papa rode shotgun for the Fargo line
Em D C (hold)
still too many bad boys tryin' to work the same line
SOL/SI DO/SOL SOL DO/SOL
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VERSE
SOL SOL RE RE MIm RE DO DO/SOL
Well there's a light -on yonder -mountain and it's callin' me to shine
SOL SOL RE RE MIm RE DO DO/SOL
There's a girl over by the water fountain and she's asking to be mine
SOL SOL RE RE
And Jesus's he s standing in the doorway
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with 6 guns drawn ready to fan
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He says we need you up in Dodge City son
Em D C (hold)
I m already overdue in Cheyane
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