C G Em C D G

[Verse 1]
   Em
The stormy clouds were rolling the rain was pouring down
   Am                             C           D
swollen creeks were rising in the hollows all around
    Em
all living things took shelter in the comforts of their home
          C                               D            G
but there rode a lonely rider through the stormy night alone

[Verse 2]
      Em
There came a blast of thunder it made an awful sound
  Am                         C               D
a big oak tree exploded went crashing to the ground
    Em
but the rider never faltered he rode the whole night through
    C                          D             G
yes daddy was a Godly man with Godly work to do

[Chorus]
        C                            C             Em
Circuit rider take the gospel to the people in the hills
        C                   C             D               G
let the church be where you find it if it be the masters will

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
    Em
The widow sister Johnson they say has passed away
     Am                                 C        D
they need you for the funeral when they bury her today
     Em
that Miller boy's been sparking that girl from down in Fife
     C                           D                  G
he's waiting for you preacher to make that girl his wife

[Verse 4]
     Em
When daddy rode the circuit he was gone for twenty days
   Am                        C             D
or maybe even longer if they needed him to stay
   Em
he never was a selfish man with any of his time
   C                                 D               G
he always said the needs of God mean more to me than mine

[Chorus]
        C                            C             Em
Circuit rider take the gospel to the people in the hills
        C                   C             D               G
let the church be where you find it if it be the master's will


[Outro]
        Em                                  G
Circuit rider, circuit rider, circuit rider