Intro: GAGA
#1.
A
Way down in the country, back in the Arkansas woods..
there's a man there working for Jesus tryin' to do
Am7A
some good.
AAm7A
He don't have no fancy building, just a big ol' raggedy
G
tent and the people who come to see him believe he was
A
Heaven sent.
Chorus:
GAGA
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
GAGAAm7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
#2.
A
When you hear him talk about Jesus, you know they're
the best of friends.
G
Just one look and you can tell, he will give the devil
DA
hell and help you wash away your sins.
Chorus:
GAGA
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
GAGA
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
Interlude: Am7AAm7
#3.
AGAm7
Let me tell everybody, tremble down to his shoes..
AD
when you hear that backwoods preacher singin' those gospel
ACA
blues.
Chorus:
GAGA
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
GAGAAm7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
Chorus:
GAGA
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
GAGAAm7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
Outro:
GAGA
Backwoods preacher man..backwoods preacher man..
GA
backwoods preacher man..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.