WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Bruce Springsteen - If I Was The Priest Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
F C
There's a light on yonder mountain
Dm B
And it's calling me to shine
F C
There's a girl over by the water fountain
Dm B
And she's asking to be mine
[Verse 1]
F C
And Jesus is standing in the doorway
Dm B
In a buckskin jacket, boots and spurs so fine
F C
He says, "We need you son tonight up in Dodge City
Dm B
'Cause there's just too many outlaws trying to work the same line"
B F x4
[Chorus]
F C
Now if Jesus was a sheriff and I were the priest
Dm B
If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief
F C Dm
If Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
F
There's still too many bad boys trying to work the same line
[Verse 2]
C
Well sweet Virgin Mary runs the Holy Grail saloon
Dm B
Well for a nickel she'll give you whiskey and a personally blessed balloon
F C
And the Holy Ghost is the host with the most, he runs the burlesque show
Dm B
Where they'll let you in for free and they hit you when you go
[Verse 3]
F C
Mary serving Mass on Sunday and she sells her body on Monday
Dm B
To the bootlegger who paid the highest price
F C
He don't know he got stuck with a loser, she's a stone junkie what's more she's a user
Dm B
She's only been made once or twice by some kind of magic
[Chorus]
F C
If Jesus was a sheriff and I were the priest
Dm B
If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief
F C Dm
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
B F
There's still too many outlaws trying to work the same line
B F x4
[Verse 4]
F C
Well things ain't been the same in heaven since Big Bad Bobby came to town
Dm B
He's been known to down eleven, then ask for another round
F C
Me I've got scabs on my knees from kneeling way too long
Dm B
It's about time I played the man, took a stand where I belong
F C Dm
And I forget about the old friends and the old times
B F
There's just too many new boys trying to work the same line
[Chorus]
F C
Well if Jesus was a sheriff and I were the priest
Dm B
If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief
F C Dm
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
B F
There's just too many outlaws trying to work the same line
F F
[Verse 5]
F C
Well there's a light on yonder mountain
Dm B
And it's calling me to shine
F C
There's a girl over by the water fountain
Dm B
She's asking to be mine
F C
Jesus is standing in the doorway
Dm B
Six gun drawn and ready to fan
F C
Said, "We need you tonight son up in Dodge City"
Dm B
Told him I was already overdue for Cheyenne
[Chorus]
F C
If Jesus was the sheriff and I were the priest
Dm B
If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief
F C
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
Dm B
There's still too many bad boys trying to work the same line
F C
If Jesus was the sheriff and I were the priest
Dm B
If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief
F C Dm
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
B F
There's still too many bad boys trying to work the same line
F C
If Jesus was the sheriff and I was the priest
[Outro]
Dm B
F C Dm B
FC - To Fade
