Friday's funny lesson:

Guitar 111, comedic changes to familiar songs, today from the Pusher man, to the Preacher man. This is a very simple chord patter, and with preacher and pusher having the same first letter and number of syllables, this is an easy song to change from critical rebuke, to different critical rebuke, with the juxtaposition of religion over drugs, makes it both inherently funny, and funny.

The Pusher:

Words and music by Hoyt Axton = one strum [Intro] G C Dm C (x6) [Verse 1] G C Dm You know I've smoked a lot of grass C G C Dm C O' Lord, I've popped a lot of pills G C Dm C But I never touched nothin' G C Dm C That my spirit could kill C F You know, I've seen a lot of people walkin' 'round Gm F C F Gm F With tombstones in their eyes G C Dm But the pusher don't care C G C Dm C Ah, if you live or if you die [Chorus] G C Dm C G C Dm C God damn, The Pusher G C Dm C G C Dm C God damn, I say The Pusher G C Dm C G C* Dm* I said God damn, God damn The Pusher man

G C Dm

You know I've attended every Mass

C G C Dm C

Oh Lord, I've said all my hail Mary's

G C Dm. C

But I never heard nothin' that could kill the spirit

C F

You know I've seen a lot of people

Gm F C F Gm F

Walking round with fairy dust in their eyes

G C Dm

But the Preacher don't care

C G C Dm. C

If you live, or if you die

GC DmC G C Dm. C

God damn the Preacher