Brother Joe Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Well,[G][D][Am][G]
[D]
[Am]brother Joe never had a lot
[G]He became a man of God
[D]Started preaching at the church down by mile marker 17 He wor[Am]ks his days,
he works his nights
[G]Spends his time saving lives
[D]When the day ends,
he goes home to his beautiful family
His [Am]sweet, sweet Valerie, well,
[G]she's the whole reason
He ever found [D]God in the first place
He thinks back to the first date
He was [Am]nervous, jumbling his word
[G]Sweating when he tried to flirt
[D]He'd just never seen a woman
[Dsus4]in the world as be[D]autiful as her

[Verse 2]
She [Am]told him all about Jesus and the
[G]love He had to [D]give
A few years passed [Dsus4]now and they're
[D]thinking 'bout some kids
They [Am]popped out a couple few,
they [G]sit up in the front pew
[D]Every Sunday morning when
he's in the pulpit
Spreading gospel to the room

[Verse 3]
Well, [Am]preacher man, he's so in love
With [G]God, his woman,
his three son[Dsus4]s
[D]And every morning when he wakes
[Dsus4]He thanks the good Lord up above
This [Am]life he lives' more than enough
[G]Sometimes things get[Dsus4] tough
[D]But he does it for his Valerie
Who pulled him from the [Dsus4]rough,
[D]yeah

[Interlude 1]
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[D]

[Verse 4]
It was [Am]a Sunday night,
he [G]was back in his office
He was [D]writing them talking points
for the sermon next week
He was [Am]writing about forgiveness
[G]and rolling with the punches
If you [D]catch one on the chin
You just gotta turn the other cheek
A [Am]phone started ringing,
[G]he was busy singing
[Am]Some old [D]gospel hymn he learned from sweet,
sweet Valerie

[Verse 5]
He [Am]checked who was calling,
[G]he knew something was off
When he [D]saw the sheriff's
office on the caller ID
He [Am]picked up and the call and
[G]his heart started dropping
He don't [D]get this way often [Dsus4]but
he's gritting [D]his teeth
Someone [Am]broke into the parsonage,
the [G]neighbors heard the poppin'
Be[D]fore the lady finished,
he was down on his knees
She [Am]told him they caught [G]him,
two broken locks and
[D]Three little bodies and his sweet,
[Dsus4]sweet Val[D]erie

[Verse 6]
[D]
Well, the [Am]preacher man, he's got a gun
[G]He don't wanna hurt no one
[D]But he believed that Jesus needed him
To leave a bullet in a man's head
He [Am]knows that come the risen sun,
[G]it'll all be said and done
[D]He ain't gonna make
it right tonight
If he don't paint the walls red

[Verse 7]
He [Am]puts the steel to his own head
[G]Two words is all he said
[D]Tears streaming down his cheek
as he let out a "Jesus wept"
[Am]What the hell is all this for?
[G]Lifeless body hits the floor
[D]Soul is headed home, sweet
home to his three boys
And his [Am]sweet,
[G]sweet Val[D]erie[Dsus4][D]
Oh, his [Am]sweet [G]Valerie,
[D]oh

[Interlude 2]
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[D][Am][G][G][D]
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[Verse 8]
[Am]Brother Joe never had a lot
[G]He became a man of God
[D]Started preaching at the church
down by mile marker 17