Chords for Ray Stevens - Vacation Bible School
Tempo:
107.95 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [C] [Cm] [G] [D]
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Well, where [D] I grew up in Tallapoosa [A] when summertime came, we all [C] used to go to a place [D] called
Vacation [G] Bible Student.
[D]
[G] We'd look [Bm] up verses in the Bible, [A] make paper cutouts of the twelve [B] disciples, [C] memorize
the [D] Ten Commandments and the [G] Golden Rule.
[C] I remember once when my class [G] made a big old batch of lemonade [D] to be used by a student
preacher at the [G] Sunday sermon.
Yeah, [C] we put in lemons and sugar and [G] water, and even though I knew I shouldn't [A] order,
I put in some moonshine I got from [D] Uncle Herman.
[Em] Now that Sunday dawned real hot and dusty, and to say the least, we were all real thirsty,
and that seminarian started hittin' that lemonade and kept it well in reach.
Neither the best of my recollection, for the deacons were halfway through the collection,
[A] he stood up and drank from the pitcher and [D] began to preach.
Oh, [G] the things we [E] used to do in [A] Vacation Bible School.
[E] When I was [D] just a barefoot [G] boy in Dixie, [D]
[G] if my mama had [E] only known [A] even the half of what
went on, she'd have [C] cut us, which all [D] for the hickory [G] she'd have whipped me.
Well, he told that [G#] Samson didn't take no [A] sass and whipped the Philistines with the jawbone
of an [C] ass, but to tell the [D] truth, he got all [G] that just a little mixed up.
I can't tell you [Bm] exactly what he said, [A] but the minute he said it, every [F#m] face went red,
[C] but he just [D] paused and kind of [G] staggered, and then he hiccuped.
[C] He gave botanical names from Mideast [G] Flora and told all about Sodom and [D] Gomorrah, and
though his speech was slurred, it was [G] very graphic.
[C] He used words I never heard back [G] then, and even now I only hear them when [A] I'm stuck in
a New York cab in [D] five o'clock traffic.
[Em] Well, the sermon ended, and he didn't rest.
He went right into the Gettysburg Address, and then a stirring rendition of A.C. at the Back.
He did impressions of Garbo and Gary Cooper, and I tell you, friends, I thought it was
super [A]-conqueror props.
He grabbed the organ player's [D] wig and a deacon's hat.
Oh, [G] the things we [E] used to do in [A] Vacation Bible School.
[G#] When I was just a [D] barefoot [G] boy in Dixie, [D]
[G] if my mama had [E] only known, [A] even the half-clock
went on, she'd have [C] cut a switch off [G] of a hickory and she'd have whipped me.
Well, we never had [D] heard any preaching like [A] that, and we never invited that young man
[C] back, but to tell the truth, [D] I thought it [G] was a pity.
[Bm]
But I heard he [G#] gave up preaching that [A] day, and he gave up cussing and lemonade [C] and went
[D] selling aluminum siding in [G] Yazoo's Pity.
Oh, the things we [E] used to do [F#m] in Vacation [A] Bible School.
Well, I gotta [C] go now, folks, but [D] someday you're gonna have to get me [G] to tell you about the
time me [D] and Arlo Wicket [G] put electric [E] eel in the [A] baptismal booth.
Woo!
[Em] Boy, I tell you, [D] that preacher had no more than [G] stuck his big toe [D] in there when he [G] commenced
a-walkin' on the [E] water.
[A] I mean, it was down there.
[C] [D] [Gm] [D] [F#]
[Gm]
[D] [C] [Cm] [G] [D]
[G]
Well, where [D] I grew up in Tallapoosa [A] when summertime came, we all [C] used to go to a place [D] called
Vacation [G] Bible Student.
[D]
[G] We'd look [Bm] up verses in the Bible, [A] make paper cutouts of the twelve [B] disciples, [C] memorize
the [D] Ten Commandments and the [G] Golden Rule.
[C] I remember once when my class [G] made a big old batch of lemonade [D] to be used by a student
preacher at the [G] Sunday sermon.
Yeah, [C] we put in lemons and sugar and [G] water, and even though I knew I shouldn't [A] order,
I put in some moonshine I got from [D] Uncle Herman.
[Em] Now that Sunday dawned real hot and dusty, and to say the least, we were all real thirsty,
and that seminarian started hittin' that lemonade and kept it well in reach.
Neither the best of my recollection, for the deacons were halfway through the collection,
[A] he stood up and drank from the pitcher and [D] began to preach.
Oh, [G] the things we [E] used to do in [A] Vacation Bible School.
[E] When I was [D] just a barefoot [G] boy in Dixie, [D]
[G] if my mama had [E] only known [A] even the half of what
went on, she'd have [C] cut us, which all [D] for the hickory [G] she'd have whipped me.
Well, he told that [G#] Samson didn't take no [A] sass and whipped the Philistines with the jawbone
of an [C] ass, but to tell the [D] truth, he got all [G] that just a little mixed up.
I can't tell you [Bm] exactly what he said, [A] but the minute he said it, every [F#m] face went red,
[C] but he just [D] paused and kind of [G] staggered, and then he hiccuped.
[C] He gave botanical names from Mideast [G] Flora and told all about Sodom and [D] Gomorrah, and
though his speech was slurred, it was [G] very graphic.
[C] He used words I never heard back [G] then, and even now I only hear them when [A] I'm stuck in
a New York cab in [D] five o'clock traffic.
[Em] Well, the sermon ended, and he didn't rest.
He went right into the Gettysburg Address, and then a stirring rendition of A.C. at the Back.
He did impressions of Garbo and Gary Cooper, and I tell you, friends, I thought it was
super [A]-conqueror props.
He grabbed the organ player's [D] wig and a deacon's hat.
Oh, [G] the things we [E] used to do in [A] Vacation Bible School.
[G#] When I was just a [D] barefoot [G] boy in Dixie, [D]
[G] if my mama had [E] only known, [A] even the half-clock
went on, she'd have [C] cut a switch off [G] of a hickory and she'd have whipped me.
Well, we never had [D] heard any preaching like [A] that, and we never invited that young man
[C] back, but to tell the truth, [D] I thought it [G] was a pity.
[Bm]
But I heard he [G#] gave up preaching that [A] day, and he gave up cussing and lemonade [C] and went
[D] selling aluminum siding in [G] Yazoo's Pity.
Oh, the things we [E] used to do [F#m] in Vacation [A] Bible School.
Well, I gotta [C] go now, folks, but [D] someday you're gonna have to get me [G] to tell you about the
time me [D] and Arlo Wicket [G] put electric [E] eel in the [A] baptismal booth.
Woo!
[Em] Boy, I tell you, [D] that preacher had no more than [G] stuck his big toe [D] in there when he [G] commenced
a-walkin' on the [E] water.
[A] I mean, it was down there.
[C] [D] [Gm] [D] [F#]
[Gm]
Key:
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C
A
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[G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ [C] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, where [D] I grew up in Tallapoosa [A] when summertime came, we all [C] used to go to a place [D] called
Vacation [G] Bible Student.
_ [D] _
[G] We'd look [Bm] up verses in the Bible, [A] make paper cutouts of the twelve [B] disciples, [C] memorize
the [D] Ten Commandments and the [G] Golden Rule. _ _
[C] I remember once when my class [G] made a big old batch of lemonade [D] to be used by a student
preacher at the [G] Sunday sermon.
_ Yeah, [C] we put in lemons and sugar and [G] water, and even though I knew I shouldn't [A] order,
I put in some moonshine I got from [D] Uncle Herman. _ _
[Em] Now that Sunday dawned real hot and dusty, and to say the least, we were all real thirsty,
and that seminarian started hittin' that lemonade and kept it well in reach.
Neither the best of my recollection, for the deacons were halfway through the collection,
[A] he stood up and drank from the pitcher and [D] began to preach.
Oh, [G] the things we [E] used to do in [A] Vacation Bible School.
[E] When I was [D] just a barefoot [G] boy in Dixie, [D] _
[G] if my mama had [E] only known [A] even the half of what
went on, she'd have [C] cut us, which all [D] for the hickory [G] she'd have whipped me. _
Well, he told that [G#] Samson didn't take no [A] sass and whipped the Philistines with the jawbone
of an [C] ass, but to tell the [D] truth, he got all [G] that just a little mixed up.
I can't tell you [Bm] exactly what he said, [A] but the minute he said it, every [F#m] face went red,
[C] but he just [D] paused and kind of [G] staggered, and then he hiccuped.
[C] He gave botanical names from Mideast [G] Flora and told all about Sodom and [D] Gomorrah, and
though his speech was slurred, it was [G] very graphic. _
[C] He used words I never heard back [G] then, and even now I only hear them when [A] I'm stuck in
a New York cab in [D] five o'clock traffic. _
[Em] Well, the sermon ended, and he didn't rest.
He went right into the Gettysburg Address, and then a stirring rendition of A.C. at the Back. _
He did impressions of Garbo and Gary Cooper, and I tell you, friends, I thought it was
super [A]-conqueror props.
He grabbed the organ player's [D] wig and a deacon's hat.
Oh, [G] the things we [E] used to do in [A] Vacation Bible School.
[G#] When I was just a [D] barefoot [G] boy in Dixie, [D] _
[G] if my mama had [E] only known, [A] even the half-clock
went on, she'd have [C] cut a switch off [G] of a hickory and she'd have whipped me. _
Well, we never had [D] heard any preaching like [A] that, and we never invited that young man
[C] back, but to tell the truth, [D] I thought it [G] was a pity.
[Bm] _
But I heard he [G#] gave up preaching that [A] day, and he gave up cussing and lemonade [C] and went
[D] selling aluminum siding in [G] Yazoo's Pity.
Oh, the things we [E] used to do [F#m] in Vacation [A] Bible School.
Well, I gotta [C] go now, folks, but [D] someday you're gonna have to get me [G] to tell you about the
time me [D] and Arlo Wicket [G] put electric [E] eel in the [A] baptismal booth.
Woo!
[Em] Boy, I tell you, [D] that preacher had no more than [G] stuck his big toe [D] in there when he [G] commenced
a-walkin' on the [E] water.
_ [A] _ I mean, it was down there.
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ [F#] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [C] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, where [D] I grew up in Tallapoosa [A] when summertime came, we all [C] used to go to a place [D] called
Vacation [G] Bible Student.
_ [D] _
[G] We'd look [Bm] up verses in the Bible, [A] make paper cutouts of the twelve [B] disciples, [C] memorize
the [D] Ten Commandments and the [G] Golden Rule. _ _
[C] I remember once when my class [G] made a big old batch of lemonade [D] to be used by a student
preacher at the [G] Sunday sermon.
_ Yeah, [C] we put in lemons and sugar and [G] water, and even though I knew I shouldn't [A] order,
I put in some moonshine I got from [D] Uncle Herman. _ _
[Em] Now that Sunday dawned real hot and dusty, and to say the least, we were all real thirsty,
and that seminarian started hittin' that lemonade and kept it well in reach.
Neither the best of my recollection, for the deacons were halfway through the collection,
[A] he stood up and drank from the pitcher and [D] began to preach.
Oh, [G] the things we [E] used to do in [A] Vacation Bible School.
[E] When I was [D] just a barefoot [G] boy in Dixie, [D] _
[G] if my mama had [E] only known [A] even the half of what
went on, she'd have [C] cut us, which all [D] for the hickory [G] she'd have whipped me. _
Well, he told that [G#] Samson didn't take no [A] sass and whipped the Philistines with the jawbone
of an [C] ass, but to tell the [D] truth, he got all [G] that just a little mixed up.
I can't tell you [Bm] exactly what he said, [A] but the minute he said it, every [F#m] face went red,
[C] but he just [D] paused and kind of [G] staggered, and then he hiccuped.
[C] He gave botanical names from Mideast [G] Flora and told all about Sodom and [D] Gomorrah, and
though his speech was slurred, it was [G] very graphic. _
[C] He used words I never heard back [G] then, and even now I only hear them when [A] I'm stuck in
a New York cab in [D] five o'clock traffic. _
[Em] Well, the sermon ended, and he didn't rest.
He went right into the Gettysburg Address, and then a stirring rendition of A.C. at the Back. _
He did impressions of Garbo and Gary Cooper, and I tell you, friends, I thought it was
super [A]-conqueror props.
He grabbed the organ player's [D] wig and a deacon's hat.
Oh, [G] the things we [E] used to do in [A] Vacation Bible School.
[G#] When I was just a [D] barefoot [G] boy in Dixie, [D] _
[G] if my mama had [E] only known, [A] even the half-clock
went on, she'd have [C] cut a switch off [G] of a hickory and she'd have whipped me. _
Well, we never had [D] heard any preaching like [A] that, and we never invited that young man
[C] back, but to tell the truth, [D] I thought it [G] was a pity.
[Bm] _
But I heard he [G#] gave up preaching that [A] day, and he gave up cussing and lemonade [C] and went
[D] selling aluminum siding in [G] Yazoo's Pity.
Oh, the things we [E] used to do [F#m] in Vacation [A] Bible School.
Well, I gotta [C] go now, folks, but [D] someday you're gonna have to get me [G] to tell you about the
time me [D] and Arlo Wicket [G] put electric [E] eel in the [A] baptismal booth.
Woo!
[Em] Boy, I tell you, [D] that preacher had no more than [G] stuck his big toe [D] in there when he [G] commenced
a-walkin' on the [E] water.
_ [A] _ I mean, it was down there.
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ [F#] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _