Bruce Springsteen

If I Was The Priest

Bruce Springsteen

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If I Was The Priest

Written by Bruce Springsteen

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Well there's a light -on yonder -mountain  and it's callin' me to shine 
           G        G            D      D           Em     D      C    C/G 
There's a girl over by the water fountain and she's asking to be mine 
                 G            G               D     D 
And ait that Jesus's he´ standing in the doorway 
                     Em                D                C      C/G 
     with a buckskin jacket, boots and spurs so really fine 
            G        G           D       D 
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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            G              D           Em      D 
Well now if Jesus was the sheriff and I was the priest if my 
Em          D                C          C/G 
lady was an heiress and my mama was a thief   oh and 
G                 D             C       Am 
papa rode shotgun for the Fargo line 
Em             D                  C (hold) 
still too many bad boys tryin' to work the same line 

  

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     G               G                 D             D 
Now old sweet Virgin Mary she runs the Holy Grail Saloon 
            Em                      D             C                
Where for a nickel they´ll give you whiskey and a personally blessed 
C/G 
balloon 
        G                   G                     D                      D 
And the holy ghost hes the host with the most he runs the berlesque show 
                    Em                  D                C              C/G 
     Where they let in for free but ooh hit you for your soul when you go 
    G                   G                   D                 D 
And Mary serves mass on Sunday and then she sells her body on Monday 
            Em                  D               C     C/G 
     To the bootlegger who will pay the highest price 
     G                    G              D            D 
Well he don´t know he got stuck with the losin´ Mary stone 
     Em                         D              C  
     Junkie what´ more she´ a boozer   She´ only been made once or twice 
     by some kind of magic 

  
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            G                  G                         D              D 
Well things ain´t been sane in heaven ever since big bad Bobby came to town 
               Em             D              C                 C/G 
     He´ been known to down eleven and then ask for another round 
    G        G                      D                D 
And me I got scabs on my knees from kneelin´ way to long 
         Em                        D   C             C/G 
     You got to take a stand, be a man up where you belong 
       G             G           D           D 
And forget about the old friends in the old times 
                 Em            D                  C  
     But there´ just too many new boys trying to work the same line. 
  

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

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

  

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               G      G          D     D            Em      D       C    C/G 
Well there's a light -on yonder -mountain  and it's callin' me to shine 
           G        G            D      D           Em     D      C    C/G 
There's a girl over by the water fountain and she's asking to be mine 
    G            G               D     D 
And Jesus's hes standing in the doorway 
                  Em   D         C      C/G 
     with 6 guns drawn ready to fan 
            G        G           D       D 
He says we need you up in Dodge City son 
          Em         D         C  
     I´m already overdue in Cheyane 
		  

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