Chords for A Bible And A Bus Ticket

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Mama's tears [D] fell so easy, [Bm] _ _ [D] _
Daddy's [G] handshake was strong.
_ _ Then I climbed [D] aboard [E] that Greyhound, _ [A] [E] 18 [A] and glad to [D] be gone.
_ I took her in a room on Broadway, _ _ and as I unpacked [Em] everything I owned,
[G] _ _ I found a note my [A] mama left me, [Em] _ [D] _ [A] with a [D] Bible and a bus ticket home.
_ _ It said one will get you [G] where you're going, _ when it seems you haven't [D] got a prayer.
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And one will [A] bring you back, son, [Em] _ [A] _ if your dreams ain't [D] waiting there. _ _ _ _
You're out [G] on your own now, we won't be there to [D] follow back home. _ _
But you know we're [G] never [Bm] farther _ [G] than a [A] Bible and a bus [D] ticket home.
_ [G] The _
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[A] years have come and [D] gone and taken, [G] _ _ [D] the only things in life I ever [G] counted on.
_ _ But [D] I'm going [A] back tomorrow, [B] _ [A] to lay flowers [D] on their stone.
_ I can almost hear my mama calling [G] me, _ [D] saying son come back where [G] you belong.
_ _ You've got all you [A] need to get [D] here, _ [A] a Bible and a bus [D] ticket home.
_ _ It said one will get you [G] where you're going, _ when it seems you haven't [D] got a prayer. _ _ _
And one will [A] bring you back, son, _ _ if your dreams ain't [D] waiting there. _ _ _
You're out on [G] your own now, we won't be there to [D] follow back home. _ _
But you know we're [G] never [D] farther [G] than a [A] Bible and a bus [D] ticket home. _ _ _
Boy you know we're [Em] never [D] farther [G] than a [D] Bible and a bus ticket home.
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