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Joey & Rory - The Preacher And The Stranger Chords

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The Preacher And The Stranger Chords

(ver. 1)
Joey & Rory
Intro
F#

Verse 1
                                    Bsus2              B
We don't have much here, but you're welcome to it all
    C#                B                 F#
The preacher told the stranger at the door
                                     Bsus2           B
Come sit down by this fire - let the coffee warm you up
        C#               B                   F#
I can't say I've seen it rain this hard be - fore
             D#m              C#            B
The stranger said ?I saw your sign as I was walking down the road?
       D#m            C#                  B               C#
?And I figured that a church might be the safest place to go?

Chorus
           F#                               C#
Well, son, crosses sure get heavy and we've all got one to bear
              D#m           C#               B
And if you're looking for a shelter from the storm

You'll find one here
     F#                             C#            Bb
They sat and talked for hours there in that empty church
      D#m               C#
About how life's unfair sometimes
B                       F#/A#   G#m    C#               Csus  C
Trying to make sense of how God works.     The preacher said 

Verse 2
   F#                                  Bsus2       B
?I lost my son one summer - and he was only twenty five
        C#                  B               F#
A drunk driver crossed that double yellow line
                                  Bsus2        B
And I prayed so hard to Jesus, to save my only son
         C#             B                F#
It seems all I do these days is question why
      D#m              C#                    B
Now I stand here every Sunday, and preach to everybody else
             D#m             C#                    B          C#
And I talk a lot about for - giveness, but I can't do it my - self?

Chorus
     F#                               C#
Son, crosses sure get heavy and we've all got one to bear
             D#m             C#               B
I don't know why I'm telling you all this, or if you even care
     F#                             C#            Bb
They sat and talked for hours there in that empty church
      D#m               C#
About how life's unfair sometimes
B                       F#/A#   G#m    C#  C#sus  C#
Trying to make sense of how God works

Verse 3
      F#                                  Bsus2                     B
Tears filled the stranger?s eyes he said ?I know I've changed a lot.?
  C#                B              F#    F#sus
I might be hard for you to recog ? nize
F#                            Bsus2           B
But late one summer night I'd had too much to drink
           C#                 B                   F#     Fsus
I got be - hind the wheel and changed both of our lives
         D#m               C#
And 'I'm sorry' just ain't good enough
         B
When you hurt someone like that
    D#m             C#                B                 C#
And if I could, God knows I'd give my life to bring him back"

Chorus
          F#                               C#
Preacher, crosses sure get heavy and we've all got one to bear
        D#m               C#       B
And I'm here to ask for - giveness if you even care
     F#                             C#            Bb
They sat and talked for hours there in that empty church
      D#m               C#
About how life's unfair sometimes
B                       F#/A#   G#m    C#  C#sus  C#  F#
Trying to make sense of how God works

            
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