Chords for Joey & Rory "The Bible and the Belt"
Tempo:
93.125 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
Bm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
They were both made of leather, [G] both black and frayed and worn.
I [D] was brought up to respect [A] them since the day that I was [G] born.
[D] One came here from England, [G] it's been handed down for years.
[D]
[Bm] The other one was [B] ordered from [G] a catalog [D] at sea.
Well, one my mama read to me till [G] I was well into my teens.
I [D] thought all the other one was for was [A] 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]
this'll hurt me more than [D] you.
Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
[A] With love they taught us [G] lessons, but we feared them both [D] the same.
[G] One led us to heaven [D] and the other left [G] a well.
[Bm] Those were the [A] days when kids were [G] raised with a [A] bible in a bed.
[D]
I remember when I was 12, [G] I stole a dime store comic book.
[D] And how mama read where the scriptures said to take back what I took.
[G] When [D] I refused my daddy grabbed [G] my arm and said, come on.
[Bm] I needed more he knew than [A] just Matthew, [G] Mark, Luke and [D] John.
Well, sometimes they made me cry.
[G] Sometimes they made me frightened man.
[D] I'd wish I'd been raised without them like some other children [G] had.
[D] But now I'm grown with kids of my [G] own and I know just how they feel.
You know, it seems to me [A] what the world still [G] needs is a bible and [D] a bed. Oh,
[G] one had my daddy's name on it.
The other said [D] King James.
With love they taught us [G] lessons, but we feared them both [D] the same.
[G] One led us to heaven and the other hurt [G] like hell.
[Bm] Those were the days when [A] kids were [G] raised with [A] a bible in a [D] bed.
A [G]
[D] bible [A] and a bed.
[D] [N] [D]
[G]
[D] [G] [D]
They were both made of leather, [G] both black and frayed and worn.
I [D] was brought up to respect [A] them since the day that I was [G] born.
[D] One came here from England, [G] it's been handed down for years.
[D]
[Bm] The other one was [B] ordered from [G] a catalog [D] at sea.
Well, one my mama read to me till [G] I was well into my teens.
I [D] thought all the other one was for was [A] 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]
this'll hurt me more than [D] you.
Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
[A] With love they taught us [G] lessons, but we feared them both [D] the same.
[G] One led us to heaven [D] and the other left [G] a well.
[Bm] Those were the [A] days when kids were [G] raised with a [A] bible in a bed.
[D]
I remember when I was 12, [G] I stole a dime store comic book.
[D] And how mama read where the scriptures said to take back what I took.
[G] When [D] I refused my daddy grabbed [G] my arm and said, come on.
[Bm] I needed more he knew than [A] just Matthew, [G] Mark, Luke and [D] John.
Well, sometimes they made me cry.
[G] Sometimes they made me frightened man.
[D] I'd wish I'd been raised without them like some other children [G] had.
[D] But now I'm grown with kids of my [G] own and I know just how they feel.
You know, it seems to me [A] what the world still [G] needs is a bible and [D] a bed. Oh,
[G] one had my daddy's name on it.
The other said [D] King James.
With love they taught us [G] lessons, but we feared them both [D] the same.
[G] One led us to heaven and the other hurt [G] like hell.
[Bm] Those were the days when [A] kids were [G] raised with [A] a bible in a [D] bed.
A [G]
[D] bible [A] and a bed.
[D] [N] [D]
[G]
[D] [G] [D]
Key:
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D
A
Bm
B
G
D
A
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They were both made of leather, [G] both black and frayed and worn.
I [D] was brought up to respect [A] them since the day that I was [G] born.
[D] One came here from England, [G] it's been handed down for years.
[D]
[Bm] The other one was [B] ordered from [G] a catalog [D] at sea.
_ _ _ Well, one my mama read to me till [G] I was well into my teens.
I [D] thought all the other one was for was [A] 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]
this'll hurt me more than [D] you.
_ _ Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
[A] With love they taught us [G] lessons, but we feared them both [D] the same.
[G] One led us to heaven [D] and the other left [G] a well.
_ _ [Bm] Those were the [A] days when kids were [G] raised with a [A] bible in a bed.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ I remember when I was 12, [G] I stole a dime store comic book.
[D] And how mama read where the scriptures said to take back what I took.
[G] When [D] I refused my daddy grabbed [G] my arm and said, come on.
[Bm] I needed more he knew than [A] just Matthew, [G] Mark, Luke and [D] John.
Well, _ _ sometimes they made me cry.
[G] Sometimes they made me frightened man.
[D] I'd wish I'd been raised without them like some other children [G] had.
[D] But now I'm grown with kids of my [G] own and I know just how they feel.
You know, it seems to me [A] what the world still [G] needs is a bible and [D] a bed. Oh,
_ _ [G] one had my daddy's name on it.
The other said [D] King James.
With love they taught us [G] lessons, but we feared them both [D] the same.
_ [G] One led us to heaven and the other hurt [G] like hell.
_ _ [Bm] Those were the days when [A] kids were [G] raised with [A] a bible in a [D] bed.
A _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] bible [A] and a bed.
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[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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They were both made of leather, [G] both black and frayed and worn.
I [D] was brought up to respect [A] them since the day that I was [G] born.
[D] One came here from England, [G] it's been handed down for years.
[D]
[Bm] The other one was [B] ordered from [G] a catalog [D] at sea.
_ _ _ Well, one my mama read to me till [G] I was well into my teens.
I [D] thought all the other one was for was [A] 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]
this'll hurt me more than [D] you.
_ _ Cause [G] one had my daddy's name on it, the other said [D] King James.
[A] With love they taught us [G] lessons, but we feared them both [D] the same.
[G] One led us to heaven [D] and the other left [G] a well.
_ _ [Bm] Those were the [A] days when kids were [G] raised with a [A] bible in a bed.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ I remember when I was 12, [G] I stole a dime store comic book.
[D] And how mama read where the scriptures said to take back what I took.
[G] When [D] I refused my daddy grabbed [G] my arm and said, come on.
[Bm] I needed more he knew than [A] just Matthew, [G] Mark, Luke and [D] John.
Well, _ _ sometimes they made me cry.
[G] Sometimes they made me frightened man.
[D] I'd wish I'd been raised without them like some other children [G] had.
[D] But now I'm grown with kids of my [G] own and I know just how they feel.
You know, it seems to me [A] what the world still [G] needs is a bible and [D] a bed. Oh,
_ _ [G] one had my daddy's name on it.
The other said [D] King James.
With love they taught us [G] lessons, but we feared them both [D] the same.
_ [G] One led us to heaven and the other hurt [G] like hell.
_ _ [Bm] Those were the days when [A] kids were [G] raised with [A] a bible in a [D] bed.
A _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] bible [A] and a bed.
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