Rattlesnake Preacher
Recorded by Ashley McBride
Album: Single (2025)

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(Intro.)
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(Em) My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher
(Em) My daddy was a man of God
(Em) My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher in south Alabama
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(Verse 1)
(Em) He knew the good book real good
And (Em)knew the bad all too well
He spent his (Em)lifetime rattlin' cages
And runnin' that (Em)devil's ass back to Hell

(Chorus)
(Em) My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher
(Em) My daddy was a man of God
(Em) My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher
In (Em)south Alabama
(Em) My daddy was the Devil's undertaker
(Em) My daddy was a saver of souls
(Em) My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher
Just (Em)like his daddy before him was

(Instrumental)
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(Verse 2)
(Em) He was all fire and brimstone
(Em) Firewater on his breath
Spittin' (Em)90-proof truth to a tent full of sinners
'Til there (Em)wasn't one single unsaved soul left, son

(Chorus)
(Em) My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher
(Em) My daddy was a man of God
(Em) My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher
In (Em)south Alabama
(Em) My daddy was the Devil's undertaker
(Em) My daddy was a saver of souls
(Em) My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher
Just (Em)like his daddy before him was

(Verse 3)
(Em) I tell my boy all about his pa-paw
And (Em)how to learn how to chase the devil away
Some (Em)day I'll lay a rattlesnake down
And he'll (Em)pick it up, shake it at a sinner, and say

(Chorus)
(Em) My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher
(Em) My daddy was a man of God
(Em) My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher
In (Em)south Alabama, Alabama
(Em) My daddy was the Devil's undertaker
(Em) My daddy was a saver of souls
(Em) My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher
Just (Em)like his daddy before him was

(Outro.)
I sing, (Em)Yes, Jesus loves me
(Em) Yes, Jesus loves me
(Em)Yes, Jesus loves me
My (Em)daddy told me so - - - - - -