Amos Lee - Street Corner Preacher

no capo
* = one strum

verse :
D Cadd9
he got a new mercy , a new grace , street corner preacher with the angry
Em7 G *
face , he got two years off , for good behavior , back in the neighborhood

working for the savior ,
D Cadd9
that’s two old ladies and a junkie now , now he can see for sure that his
Em7
work is cut out , though he walks through the shadows he won’t fear his
G *
neighbor , back in the neighborhood working for the savior ,
chorus :
D Cadd9 Em7
bau bau , buh do de da , de da de , bau bau , buh do de da , de da de , bau
G
bau , , buh do de dah , de da de , bau bau , ya ya
verse :
D Cadd9
well , he understands the need for living it large , but it’s hard to get a job
Em7
with a felony charge , now he’s working in a hospital washing dishes ,
G *
walking through the fields of the lost inhibitions ,
D Cadd9
there is death every breath , a new benediction , to save the liver from
Em7
awaking , death is his conviction , the eyes of man , well he seeks no
G * D
favor , back in the neighborhood working for the savior
bridge :
Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
but there’s a whole lotta trouble all around , every night the same old siren
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
sound , there’s a whole lotta trouble all around , children soldiers in this
D
battle ground

chorus
verse :
D Cadd9
well , a new sun and a second chance , he unbolts the door and hops over

Em7 G *
the fence , young woman with a baby that her Daddy gave her , back in the

neighborhood working for the savior ,
D Cadd9
but all around the war rages on , burnt out houses with the front door gone ,
Em7 G *
well his faith is his fountain , his love is his labor , back in the neighborhood
D
working for the savior ,
Cadd9 Em7 G
whoa , yeah , ahh

chorus
ending :
D Cadd9
he got a new mercy , a new grace , street corner preacher with the angry
Em7 G *
face , he got two years off for good behavior , back in the neighborhood
D *
working for the savior