(Verse 1)
CF
It was a time of the preacher,
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when the story began
G7
Of the choice of a lady
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and the love of a man
F
How he loved her so dearly,
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he went out of his mind,
G7
When she left him for someone,
C
that she'd left behind.
(Verse 2)
F
And he cried like a baby
FC
And he screamed like a panther in the middle of the nigh
G7
And he saddled his pony
C
and he went for a ride
F
It was a time of the preacher
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in the year of O'one
G7
Now the preaching is over
C
and the lesson's begun