If I Was The Priest

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 
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-mountain  and it's callin' me 
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to shine
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There's a girl over by the water 
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fountain and she's asking to be 
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mine
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And ain't that Jesus's he's 
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standing in the doorway
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     with a buckskin jacket, boots 
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and spurs so really fine
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He says we need you up in Dodge 
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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 
     Em      D
and I was the priest if my
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lady was an heiress and my mama 
        C/G
was a thief   oh and
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papa rode shotgun on the Fargo 
C       Am
line
Em             D                  C 
(hold)
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
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 the Holy Grail Saloon
                 Em                
      D             C
                  C/G
     Where for a nickel they'll give
 you whiskey and a personally 
blessed
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balloon
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And the holy ghost is the host 
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with the most he runs the berlesque
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 show
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     Where they let in for free but
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 ooh hit you  when you go
   C/G

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And Mary serves mass on Sunday and
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 then she sells her body on Monday
            Em                  D 
     To the bootlegger who will 
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pay the highest price
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Well he don't know he got stuck 
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with the losin Mary stone
     Em                         D   
           C (hold)
     Junkie what's more she's a user
  She's only been made once or twice
     that's  some kind of magic

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            G              D      
Well now if Jesus was the sheriff 
     Em      D
and I was the priest if my
Em          D                C  
lady was an heiress and my mama 
        C/G
was a thief   oh and
G                 D             
papa rode shotgun on the Fargo 
C       Am
line
Em             D                  C 
(hold)
still too many outlaws tryin' to 
work the same line

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Well things ain't been sane in 
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heaven ever since big bad Bobby 
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came to town
               Em             D   
     He's been known to down 
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eleven and then ask for another 
round
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And me I got scabs on my knees 
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from kneelin way to long
         Em                        
     You got to take a stand, be a 
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man up where you belong
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And forget about the old friends 
D           D
in the old times
                 Em            D    
              C (hold)
     But there's just too many new 
boys trying to work the same line.

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CHORUS
            G              D      
Well now if Jesus was the sheriff 
     Em      D
and I was the priest if my
Em          D                C  
lady was an heiress and my mama 
        C/G
was a thief   oh and
G                 D             
papa rode shotgun on the Fargo 
C       Am
line
Em             D                  C 
(hold)
still too many outlaws tryin' to 
work the same line

G/B  C/G  G  C/G
G/B  C/G  G  C/G

VERSE
               G      G       
Well there's a light -on yonder 
   D     D            Em      D 
-mountain  and it's callin' me 
      C    C/G
to shine
           G        G            
There's a girl over by the water 
D      D           Em     D     
fountain and she's asking to be 
 C    C/G
mine
    G            G               
And Jesus's he's standing in the 
D     D
doorway
                  Em   D         
     with 6 guns drawn ready to 
C      C/G
fan
            G        G           
Said, "We need you tonight son up
D       D
 in Dodge City"

          Em         D         C 
(hold)
Told him I was already overdue for 
Cheyenne

CHORUS (3 times)
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Well now if Jesus was the sheriff 
     Em      D
and I was the priest if my
Em          D                C  
lady was an heiress and my mama 
        C/G
was a thief   oh and
G                 D             
papa rode shotgun on the Fargo 
C       Am
line
Em             D                  C 
(hold)
still too many bad boys tryin' to 
work the same line