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