SON-OF-A-PREACHER MAN

LEVEL 4C · 120 BPM · Dusty Springfield

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TAKE IT OFF THE SCREEN

Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

Bil ly Ray was a preach er’s son.

When his dad dy would vis it, he’d come a long.

When they gath ered ’round the par lor in’ talk in’, he’d cous in Jim my would ’ry take me walk in’.

Out through the back me yard ’ry we’d go walk in’.

And then he’d look a way a to my eyes,

Lord knows, to my sur prise: The (C)on ly one who could ev er reach me was the son of a (C)preach er man.

The on ly boy who could ev er teach me was the son of a (C)preach er man, yes he was,

he (G7)was.

(F)Ooh.

Be in’ good is n’t al ways eas When y dad dy no mat ter he’d how I try.

When he start ered ed the sweet talk in’ to me, he’d come ’n tell me ev ’ry thing is al right, Out kiss and tell me ev ’ry thing is al right, and “Can I sneak a way a gain to night?”