78 bpm
4/4
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E A D G B e
C: 8 10 10 9 8 8
C7/Bb: 6 7 5 5 5 X
Am7: 5 7 5 5 5 5
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[Verse 1]
C
He got a new mercy, a new grace
C7/Bb
Street corner preacher with the angry face
Am7
He got two years off, for good behavior
C7/Bb
Back in the neighborhood, working for the savior
C
There's two old ladies and a junkie, noddin off
C7/Bb
He can see for sure that his work is cut out
Am7
Though he walks through the shadows, he won't fear his neighbor
C7/Bb
Back in the neighborhood, working for the savior
[Chorus]
C
Bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
C7/Bb
Ah bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
Am7
Ah bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
C7/Bb
Ah bau bau yeah yeah
[Verse 2]
C
Well he understands the need for livin it large
C7/Bb
But it's hard to get a job with a felony charge
Am7
Now he's working in a hospital washing dishes
C7/Bb
Walking though the fields of lost inhibitions
C
Every step, every breath a new benediction
C7/Bb
To save the liver from the waking death is his conviction
Am7
The eyes of man well he seeks no favor
C7/Bb C
Back in the neighborhood workin' for the savior
[Bridge]
C7/Bb Am7 C
But there's a whole lot of trouble all around
C7/Bb Am7 C
Every night the same old siren sound
C7/Bb Am7 C
Ah there's a whole lot of trouble all around
C7/Bb Am7 C C7/Bb
Children, soldiers, in this battle ground
[Chorus]
C
Ah boo da di Bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
Am7
Ah bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
C7/Bb
Ah bau bau yeah yeah
[Verse 3]
C
Well a new sun and a second chance
C7/Bb
He unbolts the door and hops ever the fence
Am7
Young woman with a baby that her daddy gave her
C7/Bb
Back in the neighborhood workin' for the savior
C
But all around the war rages on
C7/Bb
Burnt out houses with the front door gone
Am7
Well his faith is his fountain his love is his labor
C7/Bb C
Back in the neighborhood workin' for the savior
C7/Bb Am7 C7/Bb
Whoa oh oh oh, yeah, ahhh
[Chorus]
C
Bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
C7/Bb
Ah bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
Am7
Ah bau bau boo da di ba ah boo da di
C7/Bb
Ah bau bau yeah yeah
[Verse 4]
C
He got a new mercy, a new grace
C7/Bb
Street corner preacher with the angry face
Am7
He got two years off, for good behavior
C7/Bb
Back in the neighborhood, working for the savior
[Outro]
C C7/Bb Am7 C7/Bb C
