Chords for Joshua Kadison - The Gospel According to My Old Man

_ _ _ Someone must have left [G] the church doors open
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
We could hear the gospel [G] _ all around
_ My _ [C] _ _ _ _
daddy and me, [G] leanin' against a tree
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ With _ leaves [C] _ _ [G] fallin' down
_ _ [C] _ _ Now daddy, he's [G] no holy man
_ [Am] _
He never taught us [G] how to pray
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
But he saw the [G] questions on my face _
_ _ _ [Am] _ He looked at _ me, and [G] I turned _ _ away
[C] _ _ _ _ And _ _
_ _ [A] he [G] said, _ _ believe [B] what you want to
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ Believe what [F] you _ _ [C] _ can
[G] _
_ _ Cause all I ever [B] really learned from this life of mine
_ [Em] _ Was the only _ [A] thing _ worth it
[Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ So take it, [D]
or leave it, or _ _ [C] receive _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] it
_ [D] And [C] _ _ _ baby, it [D] was never [Eb] really [B] our _ [Em] _
kind of thing
Take _ [E] _ _
it, or leave it, or [Am] receive it
And that [G] right there's the [C] gospel
_ _ [D] _ For my [G] old [C] man
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
The neighbors _ [G] just _ put up [Bm] with her
[Am] _ _ Mrs.
Jones always [G] tried to save our souls
_ [C] _
With a fiery look, [Am] _ [G] _
she held [Em] her book
_ [Am] _ And read about him, callin' all his little [G] lost lambs on back down
[C] To the fold
_ And daddy [D] said, down on the mate, with all [G] due respect
_ Believe what [B] you want to
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ Believe [F] what you can
[C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Cause all I ever really [B] learned from this life of mine
_ [Em] _ Was the only thing [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _
_ [C] _ _ worth it
So take it, [D] or leave [Em] it, or _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] receive it
_ _ [C] _ _ _ And baby, it [D] was never really [B] our _ [Em] kind of thing To _ understand
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] And that right [G] there's the gospel
[C] _ _ _ [D] According to [G] my old man
[C] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] So _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] take it, or leave it, or [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] receive it
[Bm] _ _ [D] [C] And _ _ _ baby, it [D] was never really [Eb] our _ [Em] kind of _ _ thing [E] _ _ To understand
[Am] _
And that [G] right there's the gospel
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ That [G] right there's the gospel
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] _ That right [B] there's the [C] gospel _
_ According [Dm] to my [G] old _ _ man _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] Take it, or leave it, or [G] receive it
Take it, or leave it, or [F] receive it
Take [C] it, or leave it, or [D] receive it
Take it, or leave it, or [F] receive it
Take it, [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] or leave [G] it, or receive it _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ And that [A] right there, _ that right [G] there's the gospel _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
According to, _ _ [C] _ according to my _ old _
My old man
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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