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Arlis Richards was a man who lived among the blacks  
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He was a crosstie walker with guitar on his back   
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barely educated couldn't write his name  
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but when he played his guitar this is what he sang  
  

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I have been set free  pain and misery no longer follow me  I know Jesus!  
  
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Just outside of Memphis back in 52   
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Arlis was a ramblin the way that he would do  
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playing on his guitar sitting in the shade  
                Am                          G    
people came to listen to the music that he made  
  

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G              B7   Em           C   G                D            C  
I have been set free pain and misery no longer follow me  I know Jesus!  
  
BRIDGE  UNKNOWN  CAN WORK WITH OTHERS  
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Some folks walked on by when they saw the color of his skin  
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others stayed and cried when they saw the man within.  
  
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when his song was over Arlis went his way  
                   Am                        G  
But some folks say revival started that day  
  

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G              B7   Em       C    G             D            C  
I have been set free pain and misery no longer follow me  I know Jesus!