Performer: Charlie Daniels 
Album: The Door (1994) 
Words and music: Joe Hemphill 
 
 
There's a key change toward the end of the song on the CD but I haven't 
included this. 
 
 
Two Out of Three 
 
Intro: 
( D - G - D - Bm - D - A - D ) 
 
D 
 I've been thinking back over my life, 
    G                          D
And some of the questions I've had. 

I've thought about living, 
                   Bm
I've thought about dying.
    E                      A 
And what makes me happy or sad.
     D 
Well most of my questions I've kept to myself,
      G                       D 
Like, "Why in the world was I born?"
                                        Bm 
But the number one question I'd like to ask,
D           A          D 
I'd like to ask of the Lord. 
 
Chorus: 
D
 Jesus how could You love me, 
         G                        D
Oh sweet Jesus how could You love me.
                                           Bm 
Cause when I had a choice between good and bad,
  D          A          D 
I picked bad two out of three.
 

D 
 What makes a man start looking around, 
          G                  D
When he's already got a good wife. 
                                   Bm
What makes a man pour drink from a bottle, 
        E                       A
When he knows it can cut like a knife. 
     D
Tho' some are called good, 

Some are called bad, 
        G                    D
We have all been tempted and charmed. 

But all of us sinners, 
               Bm           D             A           D
The man in the sandals will welcome right back in his arms. 
 
Chorus x3