Chords for Joey+Rory - A Bible And A Belt (Live In Columbia, TN/2018)
Tempo:
150.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] They were both made of leather, [G] both black and frayed and worn.
I was [D] brought up to respect them since the day that I was born.
[G] [D] One came here from England, it's [G] been handed down for years.
[D] The other one was ordered from [G] a catalog [D] at sea.
Well, one my mama read to me [G] till I was well into my teens.
I [D] thought all the other one was for [A] was to hold up daddy's [G] jeans.
Till [D] I told a lie and learned it had [G] another purpose too.
[B] Out behind the [A] shed my daddy said, [G] it's a hurt me more [D] than you.
[G] [D] Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
[G] With love they taught [D] us [G] lessons, but we feared them both the [D] same.
[G] One led us to heaven and the [Bm] other left [G] a well.
[B] Those were [D] the days when kids were [G] raised with [A] a Bible and a [D] bell.
[G] [D]
I remember when I was twelve, I [G] stole a dime store comic book.
And [D] how mama read where the scripture said to [G] take back what I [A] took.
[G] When [D] I refused my daddy [G] grabbed my arm and said, come on.
I [Bm] needed more he knew [D] than just Matthew, [G] Mark, Luke and [D] John.
[G] [D] Well sometimes they made me cry, sometimes [G] they made me fight and mad.
I'd [D] wish I'd been raised without them like some other [A] children had.
[G] [D] But now I'm grown with kids of my [G] own and I know just how they felt.
You know it [B]
seems to [D] me what the world still [G] needs is a Bible and a [D] bell.
[G]
[D] Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
With [G] love they taught [A] us [G] lessons, but we feared them [D] both the same.
[G] One led us to heaven and the [D] other [G] hurt like hell.
[D] Those were the days when kids were [G] raised with [D] a [A] Bible and a [D] bell.
A [G]
[A] Bible [G] [A]
and a [D] bell.
[G]
[D]
[N]
I was [D] brought up to respect them since the day that I was born.
[G] [D] One came here from England, it's [G] been handed down for years.
[D] The other one was ordered from [G] a catalog [D] at sea.
Well, one my mama read to me [G] till I was well into my teens.
I [D] thought all the other one was for [A] was to hold up daddy's [G] jeans.
Till [D] I told a lie and learned it had [G] another purpose too.
[B] Out behind the [A] shed my daddy said, [G] it's a hurt me more [D] than you.
[G] [D] Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
[G] With love they taught [D] us [G] lessons, but we feared them both the [D] same.
[G] One led us to heaven and the [Bm] other left [G] a well.
[B] Those were [D] the days when kids were [G] raised with [A] a Bible and a [D] bell.
[G] [D]
I remember when I was twelve, I [G] stole a dime store comic book.
And [D] how mama read where the scripture said to [G] take back what I [A] took.
[G] When [D] I refused my daddy [G] grabbed my arm and said, come on.
I [Bm] needed more he knew [D] than just Matthew, [G] Mark, Luke and [D] John.
[G] [D] Well sometimes they made me cry, sometimes [G] they made me fight and mad.
I'd [D] wish I'd been raised without them like some other [A] children had.
[G] [D] But now I'm grown with kids of my [G] own and I know just how they felt.
You know it [B]
seems to [D] me what the world still [G] needs is a Bible and a [D] bell.
[G]
[D] Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
With [G] love they taught [A] us [G] lessons, but we feared them [D] both the same.
[G] One led us to heaven and the [D] other [G] hurt like hell.
[D] Those were the days when kids were [G] raised with [D] a [A] Bible and a [D] bell.
A [G]
[A] Bible [G] [A]
and a [D] bell.
[G]
[D]
[N]
Key:
G
D
A
B
Bm
G
D
A
[D] _ _ They were both made of leather, _ [G] both black and frayed and worn.
_ I was [D] brought up to respect them _ since the day that I was born.
[G] _ _ [D] One came here from England, _ it's [G] been handed down for years.
_ [D] The other one was ordered from [G] a catalog [D] at sea. _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, one my mama read to me [G] till I was well into my teens.
_ I [D] thought all the other one was for [A] was to hold up daddy's [G] jeans.
Till [D] I told a lie and learned it had [G] _ another purpose too.
_ [B] Out behind the [A] shed my daddy said, [G] it's a hurt me more [D] than you. _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
[G] With love they taught [D] us [G] lessons, but we feared them both the [D] same.
_ _ [G] One led us to heaven _ and the [Bm] other left [G] a well. _ _ _ _
_ [B] Those were [D] the days when kids were [G] raised with [A] a Bible and a [D] bell. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
I remember when I was twelve, I [G] stole a dime store comic book.
And [D] how mama read where the scripture said to [G] take back what I [A] took. _
[G] _ When [D] I refused my daddy [G] grabbed my arm and said, come on.
I [Bm] needed more he knew [D] than just Matthew, _ [G] Mark, Luke and [D] John.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ Well sometimes they made me cry, sometimes [G] they made me fight and mad.
I'd [D] wish I'd been raised without them like some other [A] children had.
[G] _ _ [D] But now I'm grown with kids of my [G] own and I know just how they felt.
_ You know it [B]
seems to [D] me what the world still [G] needs is a Bible and a [D] bell.
[G] _ _ _
[D] _ Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
With [G] love they taught [A] us [G] lessons, but we feared them [D] both the same.
_ _ [G] One led us to heaven _ and the [D] other [G] hurt like hell.
_ _ _ _ [D] Those were the days when kids were [G] raised with [D] a [A] Bible and a [D] bell.
_ A _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Bible [G] _ [A] _
and a [D] bell. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I was [D] brought up to respect them _ since the day that I was born.
[G] _ _ [D] One came here from England, _ it's [G] been handed down for years.
_ [D] The other one was ordered from [G] a catalog [D] at sea. _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, one my mama read to me [G] till I was well into my teens.
_ I [D] thought all the other one was for [A] was to hold up daddy's [G] jeans.
Till [D] I told a lie and learned it had [G] _ another purpose too.
_ [B] Out behind the [A] shed my daddy said, [G] it's a hurt me more [D] than you. _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
[G] With love they taught [D] us [G] lessons, but we feared them both the [D] same.
_ _ [G] One led us to heaven _ and the [Bm] other left [G] a well. _ _ _ _
_ [B] Those were [D] the days when kids were [G] raised with [A] a Bible and a [D] bell. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
I remember when I was twelve, I [G] stole a dime store comic book.
And [D] how mama read where the scripture said to [G] take back what I [A] took. _
[G] _ When [D] I refused my daddy [G] grabbed my arm and said, come on.
I [Bm] needed more he knew [D] than just Matthew, _ [G] Mark, Luke and [D] John.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ Well sometimes they made me cry, sometimes [G] they made me fight and mad.
I'd [D] wish I'd been raised without them like some other [A] children had.
[G] _ _ [D] But now I'm grown with kids of my [G] own and I know just how they felt.
_ You know it [B]
seems to [D] me what the world still [G] needs is a Bible and a [D] bell.
[G] _ _ _
[D] _ Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
With [G] love they taught [A] us [G] lessons, but we feared them [D] both the same.
_ _ [G] One led us to heaven _ and the [D] other [G] hurt like hell.
_ _ _ _ [D] Those were the days when kids were [G] raised with [D] a [A] Bible and a [D] bell.
_ A _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Bible [G] _ [A] _
and a [D] bell. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _