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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":660555,"song":"The Reverend Mr Black","artist":"The Kingston Trio","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/660555-the-reverend-mr-black-chords-by-the-kingston-trio/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/660555?type=chord","rating":4.61267,"votes":26,"content":"THE REVEREND MISTER BLACK:The Kingston Trio.\r\n#8 in 1963.\r\n\r\n#1.(SPOKEN)\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nHe rode easy in the saddle, he was tall and lean,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [[ch]C[/ch]]\r\nAnd at first you thought nothin' but a streak of mean[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\ncould make a man look so downright strong..[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [[ch]D[/ch]]\r\nbut one look in his eyes and you knew you were wrong.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nHe was a mountain of a man and I want you to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [[ch]C[/ch]]\r\nhe could preach hot hell in the freezin' snow.[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe carried a bible, in a canvas sack,\r\n[tab]                              [[ch]D[/ch]]            [[ch]G[/ch]]        \r\nand folks just called him the Reverend Mr. Black.[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]]                              [[ch]C[/ch]]                  \r\nHe was poor as a beggar but he rode like a king,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nAnd sometimes in the evenin' I could hear him sing...[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:(SUNG)\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nI got to walk that lonesome valley.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [[ch]D[/ch]]            [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nI got to walk it by myself.[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]G7[/ch]]         [[ch]C[/ch]]                [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nOh, nobody else can walk it for me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [[ch]D[/ch]]       [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nI got to walk, it by myself.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.(SPOKEN)(Same chords as #1)\r\n\r\nIf ever I could have thought this man in black,\r\n\r\nwas soft..had any yellow up his back..\r\n\r\nI gave that notion up the day \r\n\r\na lumberjack came in and wasn't to pray.\r\n\r\nYeah, he kicked open the meetin' house door,\r\n\r\nand he cussed everybody up and down the floor.\r\n\r\nAnd then when things got quiet in the place,\r\n\r\nHe walked up and cussed in the preacher's face.\r\n\r\nHe hit that reverend like the kick of a mule,\r\n\r\nAnd to my way of thinkin it took a pure fool\r\n\r\nto turn the other cheek to that lumberjack,\r\n\r\nbut that's what he did, the Reverend Mr. Black.\r\n\r\nHe stood like a rock, a man among men,\r\n\r\nthen he let that lumberjack hit him again.\r\n\r\nAnd then with a voice as kind as could be,\r\n\r\nhe cut him down like a big Oak tree when he said..\r\n\r\nCHORUS:(SUNG)\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nYou got to walk that lonesome valley,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [[ch]D[/ch]]              [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nYou got to walk it by yourself.[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]G7[/ch]]         [[ch]C[/ch]]                 [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nFor nobody else, can walk it for you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [[ch]D[/ch]]         [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nYou got to walk, it by yourself.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.(SPOKEN:)(Chords same as #2.)\r\n\r\nIt's been many years since we had to part,\r\n\r\nand I guess I learned his ways by heart.\r\n\r\nI can still hear his sermons ring..\r\n\r\ndown in the valley where he used to sing.\r\n\r\nI followed him, yes sir, and I don't regret it.\r\n\r\nHope that I'll always be a credit, to his memory,\r\n\r\ncause I want you to understand,\r\n\r\nThe Reverend Mr. Black was my old man.\r\n\r\nCHORUS:(x2)\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nYou got to walk that lonesome valley.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [[ch]D[/ch]]              [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nYou got to walk it by yourself.[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]G7[/ch]]         [[ch]C[/ch]]                [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nOh, nobody else can walk it for you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [[ch]D[/ch]]         [[ch]G[/ch]]\r\nYou got to walk, it by yourself.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"THE REVEREND MISTER BLACK:The Kingston Trio.\n#8 in 1963.\n\n#1.(SPOKEN)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe carried a bible, in a canvas sack,\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:(SUNG)\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.(SPOKEN)(Same chords as #1)\n\nIf ever I could have thought this man in black,\n\nwas soft..had any yellow up his back..\n\nI gave that notion up the day \n\na lumberjack came in and wasn't to pray.\n\nYeah, he kicked open the meetin' house door,\n\nand he cussed everybody up and down the floor.\n\nAnd then when things got quiet in the place,\n\nHe walked up and cussed in the preacher's face.\n\nHe hit that reverend like the kick of a mule,\n\nAnd to my way of thinkin it took a pure fool\n\nto turn the other cheek to that lumberjack,\n\nbut that's what he did, the Reverend Mr. Black.\n\nHe stood like a rock, a man among men,\n\nthen he let that lumberjack hit him again.\n\nAnd then with a voice as kind as could be,\n\nhe cut him down like a big Oak tree when he said..\n\nCHORUS:(SUNG)\n\n\n\n\n\n#3.(SPOKEN:)(Chords same as #2.)\n\nIt's been many years since we had to part,\n\nand I guess I learned his ways by heart.\n\nI can still hear his sermons ring..\n\ndown in the valley where he used to sing.\n\nI followed him, yes sir, and I don't regret it.\n\nHope that I'll always be a credit, to his memory,\n\ncause I want you to understand,\n\nThe Reverend Mr. Black was my old man.\n\nCHORUS:(x2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["G","C","D","G7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}