Intro Chords:
Bm7 D G D(Repeat)
Bm7 D
Grandma slicked my hair down
G D
I synched up my belt
Bm7 D
I can still remember
G D
How that polyester felt
Bm7 D
Townsfolk all a tremble
G D
They know what labors for
Bm7 D
As the preacher takes the pulpit
G D
And the ushers shut the door
(Instrumental Break-Intro Chords)
Bm7 D
Came into this crazy world
G D
Around 19 and 68
Bm7 D
Fathered by a crazy kid
G D
With nothing on his plate
Bm7 D
Daddy got in trouble
G D
Yeah Daddy did some time
Bm7 D
It was visiting day in the penitentiary
G D
Is where I learned to cry
Chorus 1:
Bm7
Yeah. We were singing those hymns
D
Over and over again
G D
Sunday morning, Sunday evening Wednesday nights
Bm7
Never understood it all
D
That well back then
G D
But it probably saved my life
Bm7
Yeah. We were singing those hymns
D
Over and over again
G D
Sunday morning, Sunday evening Wednesday nights
Bm7
Never understood it all
D
That well back then
G D
But it probably saved my life
(Instrumental Break-Solo)
Chords:
Break: A A4 A A4 D
A A4 A A4 D G
Solo: Bm7 G D Bm7 G D
(Back Into Intro Chords)
Bm7 D
Summertime I lived with Grandma
G D
Where I learned the golden rule
Bm7 D
Or some southern variation
G D
Called vacation bible school
Bm7 D
I never got in trouble
G D
I was just lucky I suppose
Bm7 D
I was never quite an angel
G D
Even in those Sunday clothes
Chorus 2:
Bm7
Yeah. We were singing those hymns
D
Over and over again
G D
Sunday morning, Sunday evening Wednesday nights
Bm7
Never understood it all
D
That well back then
G D
But it probably saved my life
Bm7
Yeah. We were singing those hymns
D
Over and over again
G D
Sunday morning, Sunday evening Wednesday nights
Bm7
Never understood it all
D
That well back then
G D
But it probably saved my life
G D
It probably saved my life
G D
It probably saved my life
Bm7 D G D (Repeat)