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Bb _ _ .
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Bb.
I was driving home
C early Sunday morning through Bakersfield,.
F.
listening to gospel music on the colored radio station,.
and
Bb the preacher said,.
you know,
C you always have the Lord by
F your side.
_ _ _ Well, I
Bb was so pleased to be informed of this.
C that I ran 20 red lights in his honor.
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Bb _ _ _
F Thank you, Jesus.
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C _ _ Thank you, Lord.
F.
I _ _ _ _ _ _
Bb.
had an arrangement to meet a girl,
C but I was kind of late.
Gm _
F.
And I thought, I thought by the time I got there,.
she'd be banding off
Bb with the nearest truck driver she could
C find.
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F _ .
_ _ But much to my surprise, there she
Bb was, sitting in the corner,.
_
C a little bleary, _
F but worth the wear and tear,.
_
Bb _ _ _
F was a girl _
C with faraway eyes.
F _ .
Watch this.
_ _ So if
Bb you're down _
C on your luck, _
F and it can't
Bb _ harmonize,.
F find a girl with
C _ _ _
F faraway eyes.
_ _ _ _
Bb And if you're downright _
C _ disgusted,.
F a laugh ain't
Bb worth the dime.
F Get a girl _
C with _ _
F faraway _ eyes.
Yep.
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Bb _ _ _
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Bb _ _ _
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Bb Well, the preacher kept
C right on saying that all I had to do was
F send.
10 to the church of the sacred, bleating heart
Bb of Jesus.
located somewhere in Los
C Angeles.
The next week, they'd say my prayer
F on the radio.
And all my dreams would come true.
_
Bb _ .
So it did.
C _ _ Next
F week, I got a prayer
Bb for _
F the girl.
_
C Well, you know what kind of eyes you got, _
F _ .
_ so I'll tell you.
_ _ So
Bb if you're down
C on your luck, I
F know you're all a sinner
Bb of the past.
F Find a girl _
C with _ _
F faraway eyes.
_ _ _ _ And
Bb if you're downright _
C _ disgusted,
F a laugh ain't worth
Bb the dime.
Get
F a girl with
C _ _ _
F faraway eyes.
One more time.
_ _ So if
Bb you're down on
C your luck, I know
F.
you're all a sinner
Bb of the past.
F Get a girl
C with _ _ _
Bb faraway eyes.
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