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Not a Man of God

from Steel and Wool by Kim Beggs

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dark secret reveals young grandma’s childhood violation by priest

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Not a Man of God
By Kim Beggs Key of C

Intro:
E7…..| Am…| Am…|
E7…..| Am…| Am…|

E7…..| Am…| Am…|
E7…..| Am…| Am…|
C…| Am…|
E7…..| Am…| Am…|


G…|
Am.E7.| Am… | Am…|
G…..|
Am.E7.| Am… | Am…|

Grandma was only ten and three
An orphan lost in the woods for a week
She was saved by the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god

Soon her womb did start to show
Through a dress she made on her own
That seed was sewn the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god

It’s been a long time
Dark road and lullaby
Diggin’ up the hard times
So tears one day can cry

Daddy came to believe his father was dead
He wept with everything left unsaid
Wept in confession with the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god

At thirty and three, Grandma did talk
All about the broken grandfather clock
Daddy is the son of the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god

It’s been a long time
Dark road and lullaby
Diggin’ up the hard times
So tears one day can cry

Grandma couldn’t quit drinking the turpentine
So Daddy stood tall and dark in the pines
He broke the spine of the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god

Now Daddy is drinking the prison water
Kicking up dirt with killers and robbers
But down in the hole is the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god

It’s been a long time
Dark road and lullaby
Diggin’ up the hard times
So tears one day can cry

Mama told me so E7…..| Am

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from Steel and Wool, track released April 2, 2022
Kim Beggs
Bob Hamilton
Lonnie Powell
Brian Kobayakawa

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Kim Beggs Yukon

11 time music award nominee and ne’er a winner!

With 2018 Independent Music Award 2018; 2018 Western Canadian Music Award plus 6 more; & 3 Canadian Folk Music Awards

"Ranked #1 on my [2014 & 2011] Polaris Music Prize ballot is Kim Beggs... Focused. Universal. Canadian." says
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