The Fireplace Poker Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][Em][Bm][G][D][Esus4][Em][G][D][Bm][G][D][Esus4][Em]

[Verse 1]
[G]The
[D]Reverend had his [Em]wife done [Bm]in by a[G] guy I[D] knew in H[Em]igh School
[Bm]He and a[G] frien[D]d should do he[Em]r in and[Bm] make it[G] look[D]
like a rob[Em]bery[Bm][G][D][Bm][G][D][Em][Bm]
"Here's [G]money [D]son,
go [Em]buy a[D] gun a[Bm]nd s[G]hoot her in th[D]e head[Em]
[D]No one[G] who die[D]s, testifies,
[Bm]make sure [G]that she i[D]s dead[Bm]"
The [G]heathens [D]were paid a thousand
[Bm]bucks to e[G]liminate s[D]omeone[Esus4]
[D]Plus the[G]y were pai[D]d five hundred
[Bm]more [G]to get them[D]selves a gun
[Em][Bm][G][D][Bm][G][D][Esus4][Em][D][G][D][Bm][G][D]
[Esus4]The guy I[D] kn[G]ew had a h[D]unting knife,
[Bm]"Why bothe[G]r with[D] a gun?[Em]
[G]She'll still be [D]dead, why sweat de[Bm]tails,
as [G]long as [D]it gets done"
[Em]The [Esus4]Bible said[D] t[Bm]hat J[G]esus[D]
[Bm]bled for [G]the sins of [D]the rest of [Em]us
The [G]Rev[D]erend has his [Em]wife [D]done [Bm]in fo[G]r fifteen
hun[D]dred [Em]bucks[Bm]
[G]They knocked [D]upon the door and
[Bm]said[G] their car b[D]roke down[Em]
And [G]asked if they [D]could use the [Bm]phone for
[G]a ride back [D]into [Em]town[Esus4][D]
[G]They stabbed her sev[D]eral [Em]times[D]
[Bm]and left[G] her there for d[D]ead[G]
Bleed[D]ing and crying [Bm]out and
gasp[G]ing for [D]breath[Em][Bm]
And they went out the very nex[A]t n[D]ight a[G]nd brag[Bm]ged abou[A]t it[Bm]
[D][Bm][G][D][Bm][G][D][Esus4][Em]
[G][D][Bm][G][D][Esus4][Em]
[G]The Rever[D]end came home from [Bm]work
and [G]found the Mr[D]s. dy[Em]ing[D]
[G]Life was [D]falling [Em]from her [Bm]grasp but still
[G]she lay[D] there trying[Em][D][Bm]
[G]No one will [D]ever know what she [Bm]told
[G]him or know what he [D]told her
'Cause the [G]Rever[D]end did his wife [Bm]in,
[G]fifteen [D]whacks, fireplace poker
[Bm][G][D][Bm][G][D][Esus4][D][G][D][Bm][G][D][Esus4]
[D]The hea[Bm]dlines screamed out "Br[A]utal Murder,
[D]small town preacher's [A]wif[G]e"
[Bm]The crime rocked all of Col[D]bert County
as [Dsus4]each new [D]fact came[G] to light
[Bm]It seems the Preacher [D]had a girl
he counseled on the [G]side
[Bm]Now the shit was c[D]oming down and she was scared
to [G]lie[Bm][A][Bm][Esus4][D][Bm][G]
The preacher [D]came home from the [Bm]funer
al [G]and found [D]Policemen wait[Esus4]ing
[D]The hea[G]thens, it seems,[D]
[Em]got [D]coked up and[Bm] drunk and did[G] a lot[D] of communic[Em]ating
[Bm]Life[G] is chea[D]p for a co[Em]uple of creeps[Bm]
but [G]this here [D]is [Esus4]the smoker
[Em]Their [D]pri[G]nts were fou[D]nd all around the
room [Bm]but n[G]ot o[D]n the fireplace poker
[Bm][G][D][Bm][G][D][Esus4][D][G][D][Bm][G][D][Esus4]
[D]The Pre[G]acher's
[D]son brought his father [Bm]home [G]and followed [D]him [Esus4]inside[D]
[G]Shots rang [D]out in the Tuscumbia [Bm]night.
[G]Was he [D]alone when he [Bm]died?
"Don't [D]call the son for questioning,
[Bm]that bulle[G]t was [D]dese[Em]rved
[D]Bet[G]ter cal[D]l it suicide,
[Bm]just[G]ice has [D]been[Bm] served"[G][D][Bm]
[G]Better [D]call it [Bm]suicide, [G]justice [D]has been served

[Outro 1]
[Em][D][Bm][G][D][Bm]
[G][D][G][D][Bm][G][D][G][D]
[Bm][G][D][G][D][Bm][G][D][Bm]
[Bm]