Preacher Chords

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Difficulty:	absolute beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	5th fret

Author lisannevdbunt [a] 41.

1 contributor total, last edit on Jul 16, 2018

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Hi! This is my first tab ever, so please don't be mad when it's wrong. Personally I
think it's quite accurate. You should be able to figure out the strumming pattern yourself,
just listen closely to the song.
Thank you
 
CAPO 5th fret
 
 
Verse 1:
C            G
When I was a kid
          D           Em
I used to buy and sell gravity
C             G
I knew how to fly
            D         Em
And I could teach you for a fee
C           G
Break every window
      D     Em
In my hotel heart
C          G               D       Em
I was only 5 years old but 12 years scarred
C                G
And I'd hear the same voice
D          Em
Echo in my mind
C                    G
Said 'son you got an angel,
             D            Em
To chase the devil at the light
 
Chorus:
C            G
When I was a kid
        D            Em
My grandfather was a preacher
C               G
He'd talk about God
            D                Em
Yeah he was something like a teacher
C                G
He said God only helps those
    D        Em
Who learn to help themselves
C                             G
He was a million miles from a million dollars
    D               Em
But you could never spend his wealth
 
 
Verse 2:
C        G
I took a little faith
    D           Em
And put it in a parking lot
C            G
I drove to a strange town
        D        Em
Full of have and have nots
C        G                   D         Em
And as I walked through that storybook life
C                    G                  D            Em (let it ring)
I was looking for an angel to chase the devil at the light
 
Oh! oh! oh!
 
 
Chorus:
C            G
When I was a kid
        D            Em
My grandfather was a preacher
C               G
He'd talk about love
            D                Em
Yeah he was something like a teacher
C                G
He said God only helps those
    D        Em
Who learn to help themselves
C                             G
He was a million miles from a million dollars
    D               Em
But you could never spend his wealth
 
C  G  D  Em  x2
 
Bridge:
C
Wave
G                 D         Em
Put your hands up and hands down
(x3)
 
Chorus:
 
When I was a kid
        D            Em
My grandfather was a preacher
C               G
He'd talk about life
            D                Em
Yeah he was something like a teacher
C                G
He said God only helps those
    D        Em
Who learn to help themselves
C                             G
He was a million miles from a million dollars
    D               Em
But you could never spend his wealth
 
C  G  D  Em
 
C                             G
He was a million miles from a million dollars
    D               Em
But you could never spend his wealth..
 
C  G  D  Em  x2
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Current tab should be Capo 6 not 5 and the E#m is played as an Em

Hi, music theory/string major here, so excuse me if I don’t explain this well: Some of the home chords, (the I out of VII, or the chord of the key, i.e., playing in key of G makes G the home chord) are put in place when vi (minor 6th, i.e., Em is the vi and sister chord of G in the key of G) is actually played- this is one of my favorite songs but the darker implications of the chords are lost in this transposition- though I will say this is an excellent first attempt for someone just learning to play by ear, it’s just emphatically simple and a bit erroneous- very easy mistake for a beginner to make is confusing a minor chord for its major sister.

It seemed to me that instead of E#m an E7 actually sounded better. But I don't have the actual song in front of me.