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