Son of A Preacher Man
Dusty Springfield, Melissa Etheridge, Tanya Tucker, Sarah Connor, Joss Stone (sexy, yeah)
Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Natasha Hamilton

Midi 1(Bb98) Midi 2(C151)	Dusty Springfield
Midi 3(C151)*-harp Don't fret the flats - they'll come in time...
Tabbed by Mark Purintun 1/08

Lead in:  10 measures

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| Billy-Ray was a prea | cher's son, and when his |
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| daddy'd visit, he'd come |  along. |
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| When they'd gather 'round and | started talkin', |
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|  is when Billy would | take me walkin'. |
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| A' through the backyard | we'd go walkin', |
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| and then he'd look in | to my eyes, | lord knows to |
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| my surprise - the | only one who could | ever reach me, | was the son of a |
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| preacher man. The | only boy who could | ever teach me, | was the son of a |
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| preacher man, yes he | was, yes | he was..   | was  |      |      |      |      |
 

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| Bein' good isn't al | ways ah easy,  | no matter how hard | I'd try.  |
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| When he started sweet- | talkin' to me - | he'd come 'ntell me ev' |
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| thing is all right. | He'd kiss 'ntell me ev' | thing is all right, |
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| and can we get 'way | again tonight? |

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| Lord knows to | my surprise - the | only one who could | ever reach me, |
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| was the son of a | preacher man. The | only boy who could | ever teach me,
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| was the son of a | preacher man. Yes he | was, yes | he was.    |  was. |      |    |


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| How well | I remember, | the look that was | in his eyes - |
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| Stealin' kisses from me | on the sly... | Takin' time to | make time. |
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| Tellin' me that he's | all mine. | Learnin' from each | other's knowin', |
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| lookin' to see how | much we been growin'. The | only one who could | ever reach me,
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| was the son of a | preacher man.  The | only boy who could | ever teach me, |
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| was the son of a | preacher man. Yes he was, |      |  he was.   |      The |
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| only one who could | ever reach me, | was the son of a | preacher man.  The |
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| only boy who could | ever teach me, | was the son of a | preacher man. Yes he was. |
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|      |  he was.   |       was.  |      |

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