Chords for Ashley McBryde - Bible and a 44. Live in London

[F] My dad was a preacher [D] when I was growing up and [N] I don't know, I don't know how_ Yeah, woo!
Your life was shit, it was really hard!
Yeah! _
_ This is what a preacher's daughter looks like at 34 years old. _
_ _ _ _ He was a, he was a wonderful [Fm] man, he is a wonderful man and [G] it was hard.
So in the church we grew up in, they had this, the Baptists have [Ab] revivals, right?
Where they scare the shit out of [Bb] you and you decide to go to heaven.
Church Christ's don't have that, they [N] have a meeting _ where they scare the shit out of you. _
My dad was that guy.
_ [D] He had this guitar, I tried to play guitar since I was a little bitty and [C] I picked up
his guitar, this one guitar [G] that I was not allowed to touch and here's how I [F] found out
not to touch it.
[G] I picked it up to play it and he picked me up by [C] my elbows.
_ If you're giggling, [Bb] you've been picked up that way.
[N] _
_ He _ [Cm] picks me up and he says, Ashley, don't you ever touch that guitar ever again, you understand me?
[G] They don't make them like [B] that no more.
[N] _ _ Yes [Ab] sir.
_ On his 70th birthday, I knew he wouldn't be [D] home because he's never been anywhere I ever
needed him to [G] be when I thought he'd be somewhere.
So I drove to his [Fm] house and I got that guitar out of the closet because [C] I'm a grown ass
[N] woman and I'll play any guitar I feel like playing. _ _ _ _
[Gb] I got his guitar [F] out and decided to write a song in spite of him [Bbm] _
and it wound up being
about him instead.
[Gm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
He had a southern drawl like a red-boned hound. _ _
Every song he sang was my favorite sound. _
[Ebm] He'd be [Bb] the last one off [F] if the ship [Gm] went down. _
[Bb] He's the kind of man that feels [F] good to be [Bbm] around. _
[Eb] The kind [Bb] of man that feels good to be around. _ _
He [Eb] had hair [Bb] as white as a cotton field. _ _
_ He'd spin you a story like a wagon wheel. _
[Eb] He'd [Bb] never win nowhere without a [G] rod and reel.
[Gm] _
God, [Bb] I miss that man.
I always will. _ _
I miss that man [F] and I [Bb] always will.
He'd see through a lie like an old screen door.
He taught me [Gm] how to hunt [F] and [Bb] how to love the Lord.
_ He gave me the Bible [Eb]
at a [Gm] forty-four.
_ _ [Bb] Just don't make [F] him like [Bb] that no more.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ He said, take what you've got and do the best you can.
_ The best thing you'll ever own is a piece of land.
_ _ [Eb] All he [Bb] knew is [F] like the [Gm] back of his hand.
_ _ [Bb] He was something else, [F] [Bb] my old man.
_ He was something [F] else, my [Bb] old man.
He'd see [Eb] through a lie like an [Bb] old screen door.
He taught [Gm] me how to hunt [F] and [Bb] how to love the Lord. _
[Eb] He gave me the _ Bible at a [Gm] forty-four.
_ [Bb] Just don't make [F] him like [Bb] that no more. _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
I saw him strut this thing every chance he could. _ _
_ [Eb] [Bb] He laughed at me [F] like he said he [Bb] would. _ _
_ [Ebm] [Bb] If you ask me why [F] it sounds [Gm] so good,
[C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] it's cause I'm holding [F] more than strings [Bb] and wood.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ Strings and wood.
Holy shit, guys. _ _
_ So when we [Dm] made [F] this record, [Bb] this little EP,
this song was too long.
We had to [Eb] delete a verse.
[Bb] _ [F] [Bb] We ain't on a record right now.
We're with each other at the borderline.
[F] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He [Eb] showed a [Bb] little [F] girl how [Bb] to be a man.
_ _ To help her [F] neighbor every [Bb] time she came.
_ _ To keep a song in her [F] heart [Gm] now and when. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] [F] He said wearing this [Bb] guitar is [F] like shaking [Bb] his hand.
_ _ _ [Ebm] Playing this [Bb] guitar is like shaking his hand.
He'd see through [Eb] a lie like [Bb] an old screen door.
[F] He taught me [Gm] how to hunt [F]
and [Bb] how to love the Lord.
She [Eb] carried a Bible and a [Gm] 44.
_ _ [Bb]
Just [F] don't make him like [Bb] that no more. _ _
[Eb] No, but [Bb] just don't make him [F] like that [Bb] no more. _
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