Tom: Am
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There's blood across the bayou
G Am
Down in Mississippi
G
Where they been killin' since the Civil War
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Over money, land, and whiskey
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But don't go ask about it
G Am
People don't take kind
Dm
To you diggin' up those skeletons
E7 Am
You leave 'em where they lie
G Am
Am
Was it pills or alcohol?
G Am
Meth or devil's cane?
G
Or did he catch a whiff of somethin'
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That would send him to his grave?
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Or did he have a death wish?
G Am
Was his heart too weak?
Dm
They found him lyin' face-down
E7 Am
Floatin' in the creek
[Chorus]
F G Am
Preacher's dead on Slaughterhouse Road
Dm E7 Am
Who did him in, nobody knows
Dm E7 Am
His body's cold on Slaughterhouse Road
G Am
[Verse 2]
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Well some say he was a straight shot
G Am
Kept his own nose clean
G
Some say he was a man of God
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You won't hear that from me
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Well I know he had a Bible church
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On Highway 28
Dm
But laying hands and praying loud
E7 Am
Don't mean that you is saved
Am
Oh it says in Revelation
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That idolators and liars
Dm
Will come to meet their second death
E7 Am
In a lake of burnin' fire
[Chorus]
F G Am
Preacher's dead on Slaughterhouse Road
Dm E7 Am
Who did him in, nobody knows
Dm E7 Am
His body's cold on Slaughterhouse Road
[Interlude]
G Am Dm E7 Am
[Verse 3]
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Well, we was highschool sweethearts
G Am
Married twenty years
G
Sometimes you don't see right away
G Am
What time will soon make clear
Am
Well, he had a taste for younger girls
G Am
Sleepin' around with trash
Dm
I found lipstick on his collared shirt
E7 Am
And somethin' in me snapped
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Well they came around to question me
G Am
Two good ol' country cops
G
Then tipped their hats, said "Thank you ma'am
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"So sorry for your loss"
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And it looked just like an accident
G Am
Final cause of death
Dm
Not Miller Lite with cyanide
E7 Am
Just cardiac arrest
Dm
Not Miller Lite with cyanide
E7 Am
Just cardiac arrest
[Chorus]
F G Am
Preacher's dead on Slaughterhouse Road
Dm E7 Am
Who did him in, nobody knows
Dm E7 Am
His body's cold on Slaughterhouse Road
Dm E7 Am
Who did him in, God only knows
