Mid South- Lessons Of Life- The Only Bible Chords

[B] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F]
The [Bb] only Bible that my daddy owned lay beside his bed,
Was an heirloom handed down [Gm] across a hundred [F]
yesterdays.
[Bb] I never heard him read it much, but I knew it had been read,
For the pages of a life he [F] lived said more than [Eb] words could say.
[Bb] _ _ _ They [Gm] said, son, [F] love your brother [Eb] more than you [Bb] love [Dm] yourself,
[G]
Forgive as [Eb] you would like to [F] be forgiven,
_ [G] Make your life [F] an example [Eb] for everyone [Gm] to see,
Cause [Eb] you might be the [Bb] only Bible [Eb] [Am] another man [Bb] ever _ reads.
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F]
The [Bb] only Bible that my daddy owned now [Eb] lays beside my bed,
[Bb] A reminder of his legacy, [C] for he lived what [F] he believed.
[Bb] Today I am a thankful man for the kind of [Eb] life he led,
[Bb] For though he's gone he still lives [F] on when his memory [Eb]
talks to [Bb] me.
_ _ _ [Gm] They said, son, [F] love your brother [Eb] more than you [Bb] love [F] yourself,
[Gm]
Forgive as [Eb] you would like to [Bb] be [F] forgiven,
_ [G] Make your life [F] an example [Eb] for everyone [Gm] to see,
Cause [Eb] you might be the [Bb] only Bible [F] another man [Bb] ever reads.
And [F] when my boy becomes a [Gm] man I hope that he will see,
[Cm] The kind of [Bb] life my father [Eb] lived, speaking truth through [Bb] [F] me.
They [Gm] said, son, [F] love your brother [Eb] more than you [Bb] love [F] yourself,
[Gm] Forgive as [Eb] you would like to [Bb] be forgiven,
[F] _ [Gm] Make your life [F] an example [Eb]
for everyone [Gm] to see,
Cause [Eb] you might be the [Bb] only Bible [F] another [Bb] man ever reads.
[Eb] You might be the [Bb] only Bible [Eb] [F] another [Gm] man ever reads.
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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