Chords for Tony Greene - "Children" - comedy bit - 2001
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You know, I'm glad that Jesus said,
Suffer not that you forbid the little ones to come unto me,
for such is the kingdom of heaven.
You know why God loves children?
Because they're honest.
Do you know that?
Lots of times you and I won't be honest with God,
but kids always will.
They're just like that.
They don't know no better.
When they're very young,
they're just so innocent.
And they'll just say things,
and you know what kids can say the funniest things?
If you'll just whiz adults,
if we'll just hush up long enough and listen to them.
Do you know that?
[D] There were three kids riding the school bus one day.
You know how kids will argue back and forth.
One little kid said,
You know [A] my daddy,
he can take a piece of paper and take a pen
and write [Db] some words on [G] it,
call it a poem,
gets $50 for it.
Other little kids went,
What?
That ain't nothing.
My [Bb] daddy can take a piece of paper and a pen
and write some words on it
and call it a song,
gets $100 for it.
Other little [F] kids said,
Why?
That ain't nothing.
My daddy takes a piece of paper and a pen
and writes [N] some words on it
and calls it a sermon.
Takes eight men on Sunday morning
to take up all the money.
They're honest aren't they?
My brother Tim,
you know my brother Tim,
writes most of the songs for the Greens.
And boy, when you think of his repertoire of songs,
when I knelt the blood fell,
Jesus has a rocking chair,
I'm so happy in the twinkling of an eye.
A lot of the number one songs God's blessed us with.
But now, we still travel on a limited schedule.
We don't travel as much.
But Tim pastors our church.
One of our church families come to Tim a while back and said,
Tim, our little boy Bert is meaner than a devil.
We've whipped him,
we've done everything we know to do
and he will not be still in church.
Will you talk to him?
Tim said,
well, I'll do my best.
So two o'clock on Sunday afternoon,
they brought Bert to the church.
Tim got him by the hand
and they walked down and Tim studied.
Tim set him in the chair
and Tim went over and sat in his chair.
They were just talking back and forth.
Tim was talking to him about baseball and football
and all these things.
Bert loves baseball
and one of our good friends is Andy Pettit
that pitches for the New York Yankees.
Tim was talking to him about that.
Tim's got a jersey in his office that Andy signed.
He said,
God bless preacher Tim
and they were talking about it.
Finally, Tim got serious.
He looked over at him and said,
Bert,
do you know why it's so important
for you to be quiet during church?
Bert looked at him and said,
yes.
Tim said,
well, why is it so important?
Bert said,
because most people are asleep.
There's another little church down home.
In the summertime,
a little boy,
his name was Wendell Potter.
That was his name.
Wendell got out and took a glass court jar
and went house [D] to house knocking on the door
begging money for the preacher.
And by Sunday,
he had a jar slammed full of money.
On Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
the choir just got through singing
and little Wendell took his jar full of money.
He went walking up on the pulpit
and the preacher come over and said,
Wendell, can I help you?
[Bb] Everything got quiet.
Wendell [N] said,
Preacher,
I've been out all week long getting money for you
and here I hope it will help.
The preacher took the money and he said,
Well, Wendell,
that's so kind and that's so generous of you,
but why in the world
would you spend all week long going home to home
trying to get money for me?
I'm alright.
Wendell scratched his head and said,
Well, preacher,
I heard my daddy Sunday [Bb] afternoon say
you was the poorest preacher we've ever [N] had.
Kids will say the funniest things, won't they?
Suffer not that you forbid the little ones to come unto me,
for such is the kingdom of heaven.
You know why God loves children?
Because they're honest.
Do you know that?
Lots of times you and I won't be honest with God,
but kids always will.
They're just like that.
They don't know no better.
When they're very young,
they're just so innocent.
And they'll just say things,
and you know what kids can say the funniest things?
If you'll just whiz adults,
if we'll just hush up long enough and listen to them.
Do you know that?
[D] There were three kids riding the school bus one day.
You know how kids will argue back and forth.
One little kid said,
You know [A] my daddy,
he can take a piece of paper and take a pen
and write [Db] some words on [G] it,
call it a poem,
gets $50 for it.
Other little kids went,
What?
That ain't nothing.
My [Bb] daddy can take a piece of paper and a pen
and write some words on it
and call it a song,
gets $100 for it.
Other little [F] kids said,
Why?
That ain't nothing.
My daddy takes a piece of paper and a pen
and writes [N] some words on it
and calls it a sermon.
Takes eight men on Sunday morning
to take up all the money.
They're honest aren't they?
My brother Tim,
you know my brother Tim,
writes most of the songs for the Greens.
And boy, when you think of his repertoire of songs,
when I knelt the blood fell,
Jesus has a rocking chair,
I'm so happy in the twinkling of an eye.
A lot of the number one songs God's blessed us with.
But now, we still travel on a limited schedule.
We don't travel as much.
But Tim pastors our church.
One of our church families come to Tim a while back and said,
Tim, our little boy Bert is meaner than a devil.
We've whipped him,
we've done everything we know to do
and he will not be still in church.
Will you talk to him?
Tim said,
well, I'll do my best.
So two o'clock on Sunday afternoon,
they brought Bert to the church.
Tim got him by the hand
and they walked down and Tim studied.
Tim set him in the chair
and Tim went over and sat in his chair.
They were just talking back and forth.
Tim was talking to him about baseball and football
and all these things.
Bert loves baseball
and one of our good friends is Andy Pettit
that pitches for the New York Yankees.
Tim was talking to him about that.
Tim's got a jersey in his office that Andy signed.
He said,
God bless preacher Tim
and they were talking about it.
Finally, Tim got serious.
He looked over at him and said,
Bert,
do you know why it's so important
for you to be quiet during church?
Bert looked at him and said,
yes.
Tim said,
well, why is it so important?
Bert said,
because most people are asleep.
There's another little church down home.
In the summertime,
a little boy,
his name was Wendell Potter.
That was his name.
Wendell got out and took a glass court jar
and went house [D] to house knocking on the door
begging money for the preacher.
And by Sunday,
he had a jar slammed full of money.
On Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
the choir just got through singing
and little Wendell took his jar full of money.
He went walking up on the pulpit
and the preacher come over and said,
Wendell, can I help you?
[Bb] Everything got quiet.
Wendell [N] said,
Preacher,
I've been out all week long getting money for you
and here I hope it will help.
The preacher took the money and he said,
Well, Wendell,
that's so kind and that's so generous of you,
but why in the world
would you spend all week long going home to home
trying to get money for me?
I'm alright.
Wendell scratched his head and said,
Well, preacher,
I heard my daddy Sunday [Bb] afternoon say
you was the poorest preacher we've ever [N] had.
Kids will say the funniest things, won't they?
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_ You know, I'm glad that _ Jesus said,
Suffer not that you forbid the little ones to come unto me,
for such is the kingdom of heaven.
You know why God loves children?
Because they're honest.
Do you know that?
Lots of times you and I won't be honest with God,
but kids always will.
They're just like that.
They don't know no better.
When they're very young,
they're just so innocent.
And they'll just say things,
and you know what kids can say the funniest things?
If you'll just whiz adults,
if we'll just hush up long enough and listen to them.
Do you know that?
_ [D] There were three kids riding the school bus one day.
You know how kids will argue back and forth.
One little kid said,
You know [A] my daddy,
he can take a piece of paper and take a pen
and write [Db] some words on [G] it,
call it a poem,
_ gets $50 for it.
Other little kids went,
What?
That ain't nothing.
My [Bb] daddy can take a piece of paper and a pen
and write some words on it
and call it a song, _ _ _
gets $100 for it.
Other little [F] kids said,
Why?
That ain't nothing.
My daddy takes a piece of paper and a pen
and writes [N] some words on it
and calls it a sermon.
_ Takes eight men on Sunday morning
to take up all the money. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ They're honest aren't they?
_ _ My brother Tim,
you know my brother Tim,
writes most of the songs for the Greens.
And boy, when you think of his repertoire of songs,
when I knelt the blood fell,
Jesus has a rocking chair,
I'm so happy in the twinkling of an eye.
A lot of the number one songs God's blessed us with.
But now, we still travel on a limited schedule.
We don't travel as much.
But Tim pastors our church.
One of our church families come to Tim a while back and said,
Tim, our little boy Bert is meaner than a devil. _ _
We've whipped him,
we've done everything we know to do
and he will not be still in church.
Will you talk to him?
Tim said,
well, I'll do my best.
So two o'clock on Sunday afternoon,
they brought Bert to the church.
Tim got him by the hand
and they walked down and Tim studied.
Tim set him in the chair
and Tim went over and sat in his chair.
They were just talking back and forth.
Tim was talking to him about baseball and football
and all these things.
Bert loves baseball
and one of our good friends is Andy Pettit
that pitches for the New York Yankees.
Tim was talking to him about that.
Tim's got a jersey in his office that Andy signed.
He said,
God bless preacher Tim
and they were talking about it.
Finally, Tim got serious.
He looked over at him and said,
Bert,
do you know why it's so important
for you to be quiet during church?
Bert looked at him and said,
yes.
Tim said,
well, why is it so important?
Bert said,
because most people are asleep.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There's another little church down home.
_ _ In the summertime,
_ a little boy,
his name was Wendell Potter.
That was his name.
Wendell got out and took a glass court jar
and went house [D] to house knocking on the door
begging money for the preacher.
_ _ And by Sunday,
he had a jar slammed full of money.
On Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
the choir just got through singing
and little Wendell took his jar full of money.
He went walking up on the pulpit
and the preacher come over and said,
Wendell, can I help you?
[Bb] Everything got quiet.
Wendell [N] said,
Preacher,
I've been out all week long getting money for you
and here I hope it will help. _
The preacher took the money and he said,
Well, Wendell,
that's so kind and that's so generous of you,
but why in the world
would you spend all week long going home to home
trying to get money for me?
I'm alright.
Wendell scratched his head and said,
Well, preacher,
I heard my daddy Sunday [Bb] afternoon say
you was the poorest preacher we've ever [N] had. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Kids will say the funniest things, won't they?
Suffer not that you forbid the little ones to come unto me,
for such is the kingdom of heaven.
You know why God loves children?
Because they're honest.
Do you know that?
Lots of times you and I won't be honest with God,
but kids always will.
They're just like that.
They don't know no better.
When they're very young,
they're just so innocent.
And they'll just say things,
and you know what kids can say the funniest things?
If you'll just whiz adults,
if we'll just hush up long enough and listen to them.
Do you know that?
_ [D] There were three kids riding the school bus one day.
You know how kids will argue back and forth.
One little kid said,
You know [A] my daddy,
he can take a piece of paper and take a pen
and write [Db] some words on [G] it,
call it a poem,
_ gets $50 for it.
Other little kids went,
What?
That ain't nothing.
My [Bb] daddy can take a piece of paper and a pen
and write some words on it
and call it a song, _ _ _
gets $100 for it.
Other little [F] kids said,
Why?
That ain't nothing.
My daddy takes a piece of paper and a pen
and writes [N] some words on it
and calls it a sermon.
_ Takes eight men on Sunday morning
to take up all the money. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ They're honest aren't they?
_ _ My brother Tim,
you know my brother Tim,
writes most of the songs for the Greens.
And boy, when you think of his repertoire of songs,
when I knelt the blood fell,
Jesus has a rocking chair,
I'm so happy in the twinkling of an eye.
A lot of the number one songs God's blessed us with.
But now, we still travel on a limited schedule.
We don't travel as much.
But Tim pastors our church.
One of our church families come to Tim a while back and said,
Tim, our little boy Bert is meaner than a devil. _ _
We've whipped him,
we've done everything we know to do
and he will not be still in church.
Will you talk to him?
Tim said,
well, I'll do my best.
So two o'clock on Sunday afternoon,
they brought Bert to the church.
Tim got him by the hand
and they walked down and Tim studied.
Tim set him in the chair
and Tim went over and sat in his chair.
They were just talking back and forth.
Tim was talking to him about baseball and football
and all these things.
Bert loves baseball
and one of our good friends is Andy Pettit
that pitches for the New York Yankees.
Tim was talking to him about that.
Tim's got a jersey in his office that Andy signed.
He said,
God bless preacher Tim
and they were talking about it.
Finally, Tim got serious.
He looked over at him and said,
Bert,
do you know why it's so important
for you to be quiet during church?
Bert looked at him and said,
yes.
Tim said,
well, why is it so important?
Bert said,
because most people are asleep.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There's another little church down home.
_ _ In the summertime,
_ a little boy,
his name was Wendell Potter.
That was his name.
Wendell got out and took a glass court jar
and went house [D] to house knocking on the door
begging money for the preacher.
_ _ And by Sunday,
he had a jar slammed full of money.
On Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
the choir just got through singing
and little Wendell took his jar full of money.
He went walking up on the pulpit
and the preacher come over and said,
Wendell, can I help you?
[Bb] Everything got quiet.
Wendell [N] said,
Preacher,
I've been out all week long getting money for you
and here I hope it will help. _
The preacher took the money and he said,
Well, Wendell,
that's so kind and that's so generous of you,
but why in the world
would you spend all week long going home to home
trying to get money for me?
I'm alright.
Wendell scratched his head and said,
Well, preacher,
I heard my daddy Sunday [Bb] afternoon say
you was the poorest preacher we've ever [N] had. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Kids will say the funniest things, won't they?