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The Reverend Mr Black by Johnny Cash
The Reverend Mr Black
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
N.C.
He rode easy in the saddle, he was tall and lean
N.C.
And at first you'd a thought nothing but a streak of mean
N.C.
Could make a man look so down right strong
N.C.
But one look in his eyes and you knowed you was wrong
[Verse 1]
C
He was a mountain of a man and I want you to know
G C
He could preach hot hell or freezin' snow
F C
He carried a Bible in a canvas sack
G C
And everybody called him The Reverend Mr. Black
F C
He was poor as a beggar but he rode like a king
G C
Sometimes in the evening, I can hear him sing
[Chorus]
C F C
I gotta walk that lonesome valley
G C
I gotta walk it by myself
F C
There ain't nobody here can walk it for me
C G C F C
I gotta walk it by myself
[Verse 2]
C
If ever I could have thought this man in black
G C
Was soft and had any yellow up his back
F C
I gave that notion up the very day
G C
A lumberjack came in and it wasn't to pray
[Verse 3]
C
He kicked open the meeting house door
G C
And he cussed everybody up and down the floor
F C
Then, when things got quiet all over the place
G C
He walked up and cusses in the preacher's face
[Verse 4]
D
He hit that reverend like a kick of a mule
A D
And to my way of thinkin' it took a real fool
G D
To turn the other cheek to that lumberjack
A D
But that's what he did, The Reverend Mr. Black
[Verse 5]
D
He stood like a rock, a man among men
A D
And then he let that lumberjack hit him again
G D
And then with a voice as kind as could be
A D D
He cut him down like a big oak tree, when he said
[Chorus]
D G D
You gotta walk that lonesome valley
A D D7
You gotta walk it by yourself
G D
There ain't nobody here can walk it for you
D A D G D
You gotta walk it by yourself
[Verse 6]
D
Well, it's been many years since we had to part
A D
And I guess I learned all his ways by heart
G D
Just I can still hear his sermon's ring
A D
Down in the valley where he used to sing
[Chorus]
D G D
You gotta walk that lonesome valley
A D D7
You gotta walk it by yourself
G D
There ain't nobody here can walk it for you
D A D G D
You gotta walk it by yourself
D G D
You gotta walk that lonesome valley
A D D7
You gotta walk it by yourself
G D
There ain't nobody here can walk it for you
D A D G D
You gotta walk it by yourself
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