Chords for A Bible and a Belt
Tempo:
62 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
D
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[D]
[G] [D] They were both made of leather
[G] Both black and frayed and worn.
[D] I was brought up to respect [A] them
Since the day I was born
Now one came here [D] from England
[G] It's been handed down for years
[Bm] The other one [A] was ordered [G] from a catalog [D] at Sears
One my mama read to me
Till [G] I was well into my teeth.
I [D] thought all the other ones for
Was [A] to hold up daddy's jeans
[D] Till I told a lie and learned
It [G] had another purpose too
[Bm] Now behind the shed [A] my daddy said [G] this will hurt me more [D] than you
[G] One
Had my daddy's name on it.
The other said [D] King James
[A] With love they taught us lessons, but [D] we feared them both the same
[G] One led us to heaven
[D] But they both taught [G] us well
And [Bm] those were the days [A] when kids were raised [G] with a Bible and [D] a bell
When I was 12 years old I [G] stole a dime store comic book
And [D] mama read to me where the Bible said [A] to take back what I took
[D] When I refused my daddy
He [G] grabbed my arm and said come on I
[Bm] Needed more he knew [A] than just Matthew
[G] Mark and Luke [D] and John
[B] [E] Well, sometimes they made me cry
Sometimes [A] they made me fight mad
And [E] I wished I'd been raised without them
like some other
[B] children had
[E] Well, but now I'm grown with kids of my own [A] and I know just how they fell
You [C#m] know, it seems to me what [B] the world still needs [A] is a Bible and [E] a bell
[A] One had his name on it the other said [E] King James
[B] With love they taught us lessons, but we [E] feared them both the same
[A] And one led us to heaven
[E] But they both taught [A] us well
And [C#m] those were the [B] days when kids were raised [A] with a Bible and [E] a bell
[A] And one led us to heaven [E] but they both taught [C#m] us well
[A]
[C#m] Those were the days when kids were raised [A] with a Bible [C#m] and a bell
[B] [A]
[E] Those were the days [B] when kids were raised [A] with a Bible
And [E] a bell
[D]
[G] [D] They were both made of leather
[G] Both black and frayed and worn.
[D] I was brought up to respect [A] them
Since the day I was born
Now one came here [D] from England
[G] It's been handed down for years
[Bm] The other one [A] was ordered [G] from a catalog [D] at Sears
One my mama read to me
Till [G] I was well into my teeth.
I [D] thought all the other ones for
Was [A] to hold up daddy's jeans
[D] Till I told a lie and learned
It [G] had another purpose too
[Bm] Now behind the shed [A] my daddy said [G] this will hurt me more [D] than you
[G] One
Had my daddy's name on it.
The other said [D] King James
[A] With love they taught us lessons, but [D] we feared them both the same
[G] One led us to heaven
[D] But they both taught [G] us well
And [Bm] those were the days [A] when kids were raised [G] with a Bible and [D] a bell
When I was 12 years old I [G] stole a dime store comic book
And [D] mama read to me where the Bible said [A] to take back what I took
[D] When I refused my daddy
He [G] grabbed my arm and said come on I
[Bm] Needed more he knew [A] than just Matthew
[G] Mark and Luke [D] and John
[B] [E] Well, sometimes they made me cry
Sometimes [A] they made me fight mad
And [E] I wished I'd been raised without them
like some other
[B] children had
[E] Well, but now I'm grown with kids of my own [A] and I know just how they fell
You [C#m] know, it seems to me what [B] the world still needs [A] is a Bible and [E] a bell
[A] One had his name on it the other said [E] King James
[B] With love they taught us lessons, but we [E] feared them both the same
[A] And one led us to heaven
[E] But they both taught [A] us well
And [C#m] those were the [B] days when kids were raised [A] with a Bible and [E] a bell
[A] And one led us to heaven [E] but they both taught [C#m] us well
[A]
[C#m] Those were the days when kids were raised [A] with a Bible [C#m] and a bell
[B] [A]
[E] Those were the days [B] when kids were raised [A] with a Bible
And [E] a bell
Key:
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D
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D
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ They were both made of leather
[G] Both black and frayed and worn.
[D] I was brought up to respect [A] them
Since the day I was born
Now one came here [D] from England
[G] It's been handed down for years
[Bm] The other one [A] was ordered [G] from a catalog [D] at Sears _
One my mama read to me
Till [G] I was well into my teeth.
I [D] thought all the other ones for
Was [A] to hold up daddy's jeans
[D] Till I told a lie and learned
It [G] had another purpose too
[Bm] Now behind the shed [A] my daddy said [G] this will hurt me more [D] than you _ _
[G] One
Had my daddy's name on it.
The other said [D] King James
[A] With love they taught us lessons, but [D] we feared them both the same
[G] One led us to heaven
[D] But they both taught [G] us well _
And [Bm] those were the days [A] when kids were raised [G] with a Bible and [D] a bell
When _ _ _ _ I was 12 years old I [G] stole a dime store comic book
And [D] mama read to me where the Bible said [A] to take back what I took
[D] When I refused my daddy
He [G] grabbed my arm and said come on I
[Bm] Needed more he knew [A] than just Matthew
[G] Mark and Luke [D] and John _
[B] _ [E] Well, sometimes they made me cry
Sometimes [A] they made me fight mad
And [E] I wished I'd been raised without them
like some other
[B] children had
[E] Well, but now I'm grown with kids of my own [A] and I know just how they fell
You [C#m] know, it seems to me what [B] the world still needs [A] is a Bible and [E] a bell _ _
[A] One had his name on it the other said [E] King James
[B] With love they taught us lessons, but we [E] feared them both the same
[A] And one led us to heaven
[E] But they both taught [A] us well _
And [C#m] those were the [B] days when kids were raised [A] with a Bible and [E] a bell _ _
[A] And one led us to heaven [E] but they both taught [C#m] us well
_ [A] _ _ _
[C#m] Those were the days when kids were raised [A] with a Bible [C#m] and a bell
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] Those were the days [B] when kids were raised [A] with a Bible
_ And [E] a bell
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ They were both made of leather
[G] Both black and frayed and worn.
[D] I was brought up to respect [A] them
Since the day I was born
Now one came here [D] from England
[G] It's been handed down for years
[Bm] The other one [A] was ordered [G] from a catalog [D] at Sears _
One my mama read to me
Till [G] I was well into my teeth.
I [D] thought all the other ones for
Was [A] to hold up daddy's jeans
[D] Till I told a lie and learned
It [G] had another purpose too
[Bm] Now behind the shed [A] my daddy said [G] this will hurt me more [D] than you _ _
[G] One
Had my daddy's name on it.
The other said [D] King James
[A] With love they taught us lessons, but [D] we feared them both the same
[G] One led us to heaven
[D] But they both taught [G] us well _
And [Bm] those were the days [A] when kids were raised [G] with a Bible and [D] a bell
When _ _ _ _ I was 12 years old I [G] stole a dime store comic book
And [D] mama read to me where the Bible said [A] to take back what I took
[D] When I refused my daddy
He [G] grabbed my arm and said come on I
[Bm] Needed more he knew [A] than just Matthew
[G] Mark and Luke [D] and John _
[B] _ [E] Well, sometimes they made me cry
Sometimes [A] they made me fight mad
And [E] I wished I'd been raised without them
like some other
[B] children had
[E] Well, but now I'm grown with kids of my own [A] and I know just how they fell
You [C#m] know, it seems to me what [B] the world still needs [A] is a Bible and [E] a bell _ _
[A] One had his name on it the other said [E] King James
[B] With love they taught us lessons, but we [E] feared them both the same
[A] And one led us to heaven
[E] But they both taught [A] us well _
And [C#m] those were the [B] days when kids were raised [A] with a Bible and [E] a bell _ _
[A] And one led us to heaven [E] but they both taught [C#m] us well
_ [A] _ _ _
[C#m] Those were the days when kids were raised [A] with a Bible [C#m] and a bell
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] Those were the days [B] when kids were raised [A] with a Bible
_ And [E] a bell
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _