• Song:

    Preachers Daughter

  • Artist:

    Maggie Rose

Capo on fourth!

Am (x02210@1)       
Pink blossoms on the Mimosa trees
CCadas (x32010@1)dance, singing soft and sweet
GSweat (320003@1)on his neck in the summer heat
                       AmKissin' (x02210@1)the preacher's daughter

AmHeadlights (x02210@1)flashing in their eyes
    CThe (x32010@1)shadow of a face they recognized
   GA (320003@1)single shot split the night
                   AmFootsteps (x02210@1)in muddy water

G (320003@1)                  FAnd (133211@1)the sun came up like the day before
        AmAnd (x02210@1)her sheets hadn't been turned down
        G (320003@1)               FAnd (133211@1)the boy turned up downstream on the rocks
    AmTwo (x02210@1)miles outside of town
        G (320003@1)                 FShe (133211@1)was leavin' church in a white sundress
     Am (x02210@1)         DLast (xx0232@1)time anybody saw her
    C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)                    Am (x02210@1)Oh, what's become of the preacher's daughter

AmOne-eyed (x02210@1)woman with her tarot cards
         CSaid (x32010@1)she ain't comin' back but she ain't gone far
    GThe (320003@1)devil's a liar and he drives a car
                       AmSomewhere (x02210@1)in Catahoula County

G (320003@1)                  FThen (133211@1)the sun came up like the day before
        AmAnd (x02210@1)her sheets hadn't been turned down
         G (320003@1)                      FAnd (133211@1)the search dogs barked on the day they laid
    AmHer (x02210@1)first love in the ground
    G (320003@1)                      FThe (133211@1)preacher's knees buckled in the heat
       Am (x02210@1)        DSo (xx0232@1)the deacon took over
          C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)                    AmAnd (x02210@1)said "let us pray for the preacher's daughter"

AmBlue (x02210@1)lights flashin' on the riverbank
     CThey (x32010@1)held their breath as they dragged the chains
GHearts (320003@1)all sank when her beautiful face
                   Am (x02210@1)Came up out of the water

AmThrough (x02210@1)her tangled hair they could see
CShe (x32010@1)was missing one earring
          GFound (320003@1)the other in the back seat of the car
                            AmOf (x02210@1)the deacon that couldn't have her

G (320003@1)                  FAnd (133211@1)the sun came up like the day before
        AmAnd (x02210@1)her sheets hadn't been turned down
           G (320003@1)                      FWhen (133211@1)they slapped the cuffs on the deacon's wrists
          AmYou (x02210@1)could hear it all over town
        G (320003@1)                 FAnd (133211@1)the headlines read "Justice At Last
   Am (x02210@1)           DUp (xx0232@1)From The Muddy Water...
      C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)                      AmThe (x02210@1)Resurrection of the Preacher's Daughter"
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