Reverend Joe Henry Akkorde von
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed

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Tonart: C# minor
Verse 1
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Now the
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Georgia
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courtroom was crowded,
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Ellie Mae took the stand
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She was accusing
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the Reverend Joe Henry
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of being a no -good preaching man
Yes she was
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She said, the Reverend partook
of my lovely body
The Reverend said, Judge, she lied
The Judge said, listen, I'll do the talking
And the court's gonna justify,
yes, they will
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Well, the prosecuting attorney
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started fa cin' the floor
Sweatin' and makin' threats
Fellow sittin' next to me said,
I know that preacher's guilty
They ain't even tried him yet, I said, son
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The Reverend Joe Henry's a good man
And he preached all over the bottom land
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He spoke so a child could un derstand
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There ought to be a whole
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lot more good folks
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Like the Reverend Joe Henry
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Preaching in the bottom land
Well, the judge called the court to order
He defense, will you state
your case?
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That defense law yer
walked to the jury box,
had a stern look on his face.
One by one, he pointed to the jury, said,
the reverend picked cotton by your side.
He blessed your children
the day they was born.
And he cried when your mama died.
I've seen him all, oh, Lord,
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God.
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Somebody cussed and said,
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hang him, he's guilty,
the judge said, now listen here,
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one more outbreak of emotion like that in this courtroom and I'll just have it cleared,
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yes I will.
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Then the foreman addressed the court,
said
I've known the reverend all his life, said
And he got shot up so bad back
during the war
that it couldn't even take him a while
Now y 'all know what I'm
talkin' about,
don't ya? Uh -huh, uh -huh
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Well, I swore I'd never tell a soul
But his life is layin' on the line
But there ain't no way on
God's green earth
That the Reverend could
have done this crime
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The Reverend Joe Henry's a good man
And he preached all over
the bottom land
Spoke so a child could understand
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I want to be a whole lot more good, folks,
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like a ribbon to a thread
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Preachin' in the bottom land
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Hmm Folks
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Tellin' me just fold it
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Like a chair
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Faint it dead in the tracks
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Tellin' me, I don't believe
Outro 1
I'd have told that honey
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