Dm (xx0231@1)  A7 (x02020@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   G5 (355xxx@1)  A7 (x02020@1)Dm (xx0231@1)  A7 (x02020@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   A7 (x02020@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) A7 (x02020@1) Dm (xx0231@1)Dm (xx0231@1)                         A7Even (x02020@1)the devil was an angel 'fore he tried to rush the throne
            Dm (xx0231@1)                   G5 (355xxx@1) A7Lord, (x02020@1)they threw him in hell there all alone
Dm (xx0231@1)                      A7Now (x02020@1)he builds a castle out of the sinner's bones
Dm (xx0231@1)           A7 (x02020@1)               Dm (xx0231@1) A7 (x02020@1)DmYou'd (xx0231@1)be angry too, if you could never go home

A7 (x02020@1)                     DmWell (xx0231@1)now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son
A7 (x02020@1)                               Dm (xx0231@1)    I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
    A7 (x02020@1)                       DmA (xx0231@1)thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
            G5 (355xxx@1)              A7 (x02020@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1)    A7Well (x02020@1)I say,    the good lord helps those that help themselves

Dm (xx0231@1)        A7 (x02020@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)A7 (x02020@1)DmSo (xx0231@1)help yourselves now

Dm (xx0231@1)                         A7Old (x02020@1)man Nicodemus could not hear his heart bleed
Dm (xx0231@1)                              G5 (355xxx@1)          A7 (x02020@1)    He saw that Jesus had some tricks up his sleeve
         Dm (xx0231@1)                 A7He (x02020@1)said "Oh man Jesus I can't do things your way
      Dm (xx0231@1)              A7 (x02020@1)                 Dm (xx0231@1)    A7 (x02020@1) DmBut (xx0231@1)I see you work for somebody big, so I'm backin' your play."

Dm (xx0231@1)                         A7 (x02020@1)    Old man Nicodemus, his pockets they were deep
            Dm (xx0231@1)                    G5 (355xxx@1)           A7And (x02020@1)on the day that they decided to put Jesus to sleep
       Dm (xx0231@1)                            A7Jesus (x02020@1)could not care for money now or any such thing
         Dm (xx0231@1)               A7 (x02020@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)   A7 (x02020@1)   DmOld (xx0231@1)Nicodemus paid to have Jesus just buried like a king.

A7 (x02020@1)                     DmWell (xx0231@1)now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son
A7 (x02020@1)                               Dm (xx0231@1)    I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
    A7 (x02020@1)                       DmA (xx0231@1)thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
            G5 (355xxx@1)              A7 (x02020@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1)    A7Well (x02020@1)I say,    the good lord helps those that help themselves

Dm (xx0231@1)        A7 (x02020@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)A7 (x02020@1)DmSo (xx0231@1)help yourselves now

Dm (xx0231@1)                 A7Our (x02020@1)father art in heaven hallowed be thy name
      Dm (xx0231@1)                       G5 (355xxx@1)     A7Told (x02020@1)Noah build a boat, on the driest of days
          Dm (xx0231@1)                                 A7And (x02020@1)everybody in the neighborhood thought old Noah was insane
                  Dm (xx0231@1)     A7 (x02020@1)          Dm (xx0231@1) A7 (x02020@1) DmI (xx0231@1)guess when the waters receded now the truth was plain

A7 (x02020@1)                     DmWell (xx0231@1)now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son
A7 (x02020@1)                               Dm (xx0231@1)    I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
    A7 (x02020@1)                       DmA (xx0231@1)thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
            G5 (355xxx@1)              A7 (x02020@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1)    A7Well (x02020@1)I say,    the good lord helps those that help themselves

Dm (xx0231@1)        A7 (x02020@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)A7 (x02020@1)DmSo (xx0231@1)help yourselves now

Dm (xx0231@1)                              A7Moses (x02020@1)was a great man, parted the waters of the red sea
 Dm (xx0231@1)                           G5 (355xxx@1)                 A7Down (x02020@1)the road to Egypt he made sure the slaves were free
     Dm (xx0231@1)                           A7Well (x02020@1)he could speak to god, so they say, yes indeed
          Dm (xx0231@1)          A7 (x02020@1)                 Dm (xx0231@1) A7 (x02020@1) DmWell (xx0231@1)the noise of his voice woulda made our poor ears bleed

Dm (xx0231@1)                    A7Moses (x02020@1)he had an army I tell ya all his own
Dm (xx0231@1)                           G5 (355xxx@1)          A7 (x02020@1)    They stood in circles outside his very home
               Dm (xx0231@1)                            A7And (x02020@1)when the Pharaohs got to killin' they left ol' Moses alone
         Dm (xx0231@1)               A7 (x02020@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02020@1">A7   DmBut (xx0231@1)the Romans drove those nails through Jesus' bones

A7 (x02020@1)                     DmWell (xx0231@1)now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son
A7 (x02020@1)                               Dm (xx0231@1)    I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
    A7 (x02020@1)                       DmA (xx0231@1)thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
            G5 (355xxx@1)              A7 (x02020@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1)    A7Well (x02020@1)I say,    the good lord helps those that help themselves

Dm (xx0231@1)        A7 (x02020@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)A7 (x02020@1)DmSo (xx0231@1)help yourselves now

Dm (xx0231@1)  A7 (x02020@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   G5 (355xxx@1)  A7 (x02020@1)Dm (xx0231@1)  A7 (x02020@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   A7 (x02020@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) A7 (x02020@1) Dm... (xx0231@1)