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Joe Hill - The Preacher And The Slave Chords

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The Preacher And The Slave Chords

(ver. 1)
Joe Hill
 Verse #1:

 G                          C         G
 Long-haired preachers come out every night 
 G                                       D                
 Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right
 G                        C            G
 But when asked how 'bout something to eat 
 G                   D         G
 They will answer in voices so sweet 

 Chorus Type #1:
 G                            D              
 You will eat [You will eat], bye and bye [bye and bye]
                                  G
 In that glorious land above the sky [Way up high]
 G                      C
 Work and pray [Work and pray], live on hay [live on hay]
 G                     D            G
 You'll get pie in the sky when you die 

 Verse #2:
 G                  C          G
 And the Starvation Army, they play 
 G                                    D
 And they sing and they clap and they pray 
 G                      C           G
 Till they get all your coin on the drum 
 G                       D             G
 Then they tell you when you're on the bum 

 Chorus Type #1 

 Verse #3:
 G                C            G
 Holy Rollers and Jumpers come out 
 G                                   D 
 And they holler, they jump and they shout 
 G                  C           G
 Give your money to Jesus, they say 
 G                  D        G      
 He will cure all diseases today 

 Chorus Type #1 

 Verse #4:
 G                     C            G
 If you fight hard for children and wife
 G                                 D
 Try to get something good in this life 
 G                   C             G
 You're a sinner and bad man, they tell 
 G                     D          G
 When you die you will sure go to hell.  

 Chorus Type #1

 Verse #5:
 G                 C           G
 Workingmen of all countries, unite 
 G                                D
 Side by side we for freedom will fight 
 G                      C              G
 When the world and its wealth we have gained 
 G                     D           G
 To the grafters we'll sing this refrain 

 Chorus Type #2: 
 G                            C
 You will eat (You will eat), bye and bye [bye and bye]
                                            D
 When you've learned how to cook and how to fry [How to fry]
 G                                C
 Chop some wood [Chop some wood], 'twill do you good [do you good]
 G                      D             G
 Then you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye [That's no lie]

            
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