CAPO I
Intro:
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Verse:
[G]I remember daddy held the [Em]bible like a gun
[C]Back when I was a Pentecostal gospel preachers [D]son
And I [G]still can see the fire and [Em]brimstone in his eyes
When he'd p[C]reach to people in a tent repent before you d[D]ie
[Em]Me I'd sneak out back with some [C]saint-less southern [D]girl
[Em]And there I'd teach her the w[C]ays of this w[D]orld
Chorus:
Well I g[G]uess I was way too wild [D]to be the child of a preacher man
[Em]One foot on a solid rock and [C]one on the [D]sinking sand
[G]Just like the prodigal son [D]I guess I got way too lost
[Em]Living somewhere in between the [C]devil [D]and the cross
Repeat Intro
Verse2:
I was daddy's worst nightmare by the time I turned 18
Baptized in a whiskey river on the streets of New Orleans
Where demons drugs and rock and roll they seemed to clog my mind
And women were a weakness for weeks at a time
I learned the hard way what you reap is what you sew
So in silent desperation one night I headed home
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Intro Once
Bridge:
[C]Daddy did more than talk the talk he [G]walked the walk in life
He l[D]oved me and forgave me when [Em]I came home that [G]night
He said son [C]don't ever be ashamed for G[G]od forgives the lost
[D]We all live somewhere in between the devil and the cross
Repeat Chorus
Intro:
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Verse:
[G]I remember daddy held the [Em]bible like a gun
[C]Back when I was a Pentecostal gospel preachers [D]son
And I [G]still can see the fire and [Em]brimstone in his eyes
When he'd p[C]reach to people in a tent repent before you d[D]ie
[Em]Me I'd sneak out back with some [C]saint-less southern [D]girl
[Em]And there I'd teach her the w[C]ays of this w[D]orld
Chorus:
Well I g[G]uess I was way too wild [D]to be the child of a preacher man
[Em]One foot on a solid rock and [C]one on the [D]sinking sand
[G]Just like the prodigal son [D]I guess I got way too lost
[Em]Living somewhere in between the [C]devil [D]and the cross
Repeat Intro
Verse2:
I was daddy's worst nightmare by the time I turned 18
Baptized in a whiskey river on the streets of New Orleans
Where demons drugs and rock and roll they seemed to clog my mind
And women were a weakness for weeks at a time
I learned the hard way what you reap is what you sew
So in silent desperation one night I headed home
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Intro Once
Bridge:
[C]Daddy did more than talk the talk he [G]walked the walk in life
He l[D]oved me and forgave me when [Em]I came home that [G]night
He said son [C]don't ever be ashamed for G[G]od forgives the lost
[D]We all live somewhere in between the devil and the cross
Repeat Chorus
