Chords for My Saving Grace

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_ [C] Daddy's bourbon breath [G] was strong as gasoline
[F] And it seemed to fuel the rage he had [G] inside _ _
[C] He'd come home just burnin'
[G] Mad and drunk and mean and [F] raisin' hell
On a Saturday [G] night
[E] _
_ [Am] Mom would lock [G] us up in [F] her bedroom _
[Am] He'd be lyin' in [G] the hallway [F] on our way
To Sunday [C] school
_ _ [F] They both in their own way
Became my saving grace
[Am] Daddy passed out with his [G]
demons
[F] Mama passed the offering plate
She'd cry out to heaven
I'll [C] protect this son of mine
[Am] While daddy kept [G] the devil off [F] my back
[G] By takin' up [C] his time _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Mama said nobody's perfect
[G] As we walked in the church
To ask [F] the good Lord to forgive him [G] again
_ [C] I still recall that sermon
[G] I hung on every word
That's when [F] I learned just exactly
[G] What a father really [E] meant
[Am] And the angels [G] and the people [F] gathered round
_ [Am] I was standin' in [G] that water
[F] When that preacher laid [C] me down _
[F] They both in their own way
[C] Became my saving grace
[Am] Daddy passed out with [G] his demons
[F] Mama passed the offering plate
She'd cry out to heaven
[C] I'll protect this son of mine
[Am] While daddy kept [G] the devil off [F] my back
[G] By takin' up [C] his time
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_ [Am] Daddy [G] kept the devil off [F] my back
[G] By takin' up [C] his time
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