Chords for Otis Taylor - House of crosses

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I went down to _ _ the [G] house of the crosses. _ _ _ _
I [F] saw my mama _ fall _ _ [A] on her knees. _ _ _ _
Well, she told me, _ _ _ _ this man's [G] your father. _ _ _ _
[F] He killed two people, _ _ _ and [A] he raped me. _ _ _ _ _
She took a trumpet. _ _ _ _
She held it in her [G] hand. _ _ _ _
[F] She yelled out, _ _ _ he's an [A] evil man. _ _ _ _
She said to me, _ _ _ I don't know [G] how people could be.
_ _ I don't know how people [F] could be so evil. _ _ _ _ _
[A] She said to me, _ _ _ _ _
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now I work _ _ the house [G] of the crosses. _ _ _ _
I [F] watch that evil, _ _ that evil man [E] every day.
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I'm a god in _ the house [G] of the crosses. _ _ _ _
I [C] watch that man _ every _ _
[Am] _ day. _ _ _ _ _
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Every day I _ _ _ [G] run to the river.
_ _ _ _ I try to [F] wash, _ _ wash away [A] my pain. _ _ _ _ _
Every day _ _ _ I run [G] to the river. _ _ _ _ _
I try [F] to wash, _ _ wash away, _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] wash away. _ _ _ _ _ _
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