• Song:

    The Gospel According To Luke

  • Artist:

    Skip Ewing

  • Album:

    Coast of Colorado

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The Gospel According To Luke
Recorded by Skip Ewing
Written by Skip Ewing and Don Sampson

C (x32010@1)                              G7 (320001@1)       CHe (x32010@1)was an old hand at living and making his way
    Am (x02210@1)            G7 (320001@1)           F (133211@1)      G7He (320001@1)smelled like old whiskey and he needed a shave
    Am (x02210@1)        G7 (320001@1)      FHis (133211@1)home was an alley off 8th Avenue
   C (x32010@1)                    G7 (320001@1)    FIf (133211@1)you had a minute or an hour or two
     C (x32010@1)                 G7 (320001@1)         CHe'd (x32010@1)tell you the Gospel according to Luke

G7 (320001@1)        CLuke (x32010@1)carried his Bible in a crown royal bag
   Am (x02210@1)          G7 (320001@1)         F (133211@1)       G7He (320001@1)wiped off his brow with an old dirty rag
     Am (x02210@1)     G7 (320001@1)         FHe'd (133211@1)tell you straight out just the way he believed
      C (x32010@1)                  G7 (320001@1)        FFaith (133211@1)in the good Lord was all that ya need
       C (x32010@1)                G7 (320001@1)              CI (x32010@1)remember the morning he first preached to me

Am (x02210@1)         G7 (320001@1)       F (133211@1)      CHe (x32010@1)said give to your brother if he is in need
Am (x02210@1)     G7 (320001@1)           F (133211@1)         G7Offer (320001@1)up thanks for the gifts you receive
        Am (x02210@1)        G7 (320001@1)           FThere's (133211@1)treasure in heaven for the generous few
C (x32010@1)                 G7 (320001@1)         CThat (x32010@1)was the gospel according to Luke

G7 (320001@1)         CSo (x32010@1)I bought him breakfast at the Daylight Cafe
   Am (x02210@1)      G7 (320001@1)      F (133211@1)        G7Biscuits (320001@1)and gravy hot coffee and eggs
       Am (x02210@1)       G7 (320001@1)          FHe (133211@1)was hungry and ragged hadn't eaten in days
    C (x32010@1)                     G7 (320001@1)        FBut (133211@1)I was the one there who felt out of place
        C (x32010@1)                        G7 (320001@1)          CWhen (x32010@1)he folded his hands bowed his head and said grace

G7 (320001@1)      CA (x32010@1)week ago Wednesday I saw him again
    Am (x02210@1)        G7 (320001@1)       F (133211@1)        G7Downtown (320001@1)at the mission surrounded by friends
        Am (x02210@1)        G7 (320001@1)        FHanding (133211@1)out all the change he'd collected that week
       C (x32010@1)                        G7 (320001@1)          FSaying (133211@1)you boys might need this a lot more than me
      C (x32010@1)                  G7 (320001@1)         CI (x32010@1)try hard to practice the words that I preach

Repeat #3

G7 (320001@1)       CHe (x32010@1)was an old hand at living and making his way
   Am (x02210@1)             G7 (320001@1)           F (133211@1)      G7He (320001@1)smelled like old whiskey and he needed a shave
    Am (x02210@1)        G7 (320001@1)      FHis (133211@1)home was an alley off 8th Avenue
   C (x32010@1)                 G7 (320001@1)       FIf (133211@1)you had a minute or an hour or two
     C (x32010@1)                 G7 (320001@1)         CHe'd (x32010@1)tell you the Gospel according to Luke
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