Family Bible Chords by Willie Nelson
Tempo:
113.6 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
F#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [D] [E] [A] [D]
[A] [E] [A]
There's a family [D] Bible on [A] the table, its pages [B] worn and hard [E] to read.
[G#] [E] [A] But the family [D] Bible on [A] the table will [D] never be [A] my key [E] to [A] memory.
At the end [D] of day when work [A] was over and [C#m] [F#m] when [B] the evening meal [E] was done,
[D] [G#m] [A] Dad would read [D] to us from the [A] family Bible and [D] we'd count our [A] many blessings [E] one [A] by one.
I [D] can see [G] us sitting round the [D] table when from the family Bible Dad [A] would read.
And I can hear my [D] mother [A] softly singing, Rock of Ages, [D]
[A] Rock of [E] Ages left [A] for me.
Now this old world [D] of ours is filled [A] with trouble, [F#m] but this old world would [D#] also better [E] be
if [F#m] we [A] found [D] more Bibles [A] on the table and Mother singing, [D]
[A] Rock of Ages [E] left [A] for me.
I [D] can see
[G] us sitting round [D] the table when from the family Bible Dad [A] would read.
And I can hear [D] my mother softly [A] singing, Rock of Ages, [D] Rock [A] of Ages [E] left [A] for me.
Rock of Ages, [D] Rock [A] of Ages [E] left [A] for me.
[D] [A]
[A] [E] [A]
There's a family [D] Bible on [A] the table, its pages [B] worn and hard [E] to read.
[G#] [E] [A] But the family [D] Bible on [A] the table will [D] never be [A] my key [E] to [A] memory.
At the end [D] of day when work [A] was over and [C#m] [F#m] when [B] the evening meal [E] was done,
[D] [G#m] [A] Dad would read [D] to us from the [A] family Bible and [D] we'd count our [A] many blessings [E] one [A] by one.
I [D] can see [G] us sitting round the [D] table when from the family Bible Dad [A] would read.
And I can hear my [D] mother [A] softly singing, Rock of Ages, [D]
[A] Rock of [E] Ages left [A] for me.
Now this old world [D] of ours is filled [A] with trouble, [F#m] but this old world would [D#] also better [E] be
if [F#m] we [A] found [D] more Bibles [A] on the table and Mother singing, [D]
[A] Rock of Ages [E] left [A] for me.
I [D] can see
[G] us sitting round [D] the table when from the family Bible Dad [A] would read.
And I can hear [D] my mother softly [A] singing, Rock of Ages, [D] Rock [A] of Ages [E] left [A] for me.
Rock of Ages, [D] Rock [A] of Ages [E] left [A] for me.
[D] [A]
Key:
A
D
E
F#m
B
A
D
E
[E] _ [D] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ There's a _ family [D] Bible _ on [A] the table, _ _ _ _ _ its _ pages [B] worn and hard [E] to read. _
_ _ [G#] _ [E] [A] But the _ family [D] Bible on [A] the table _ will _ _ _ [D] never be [A] my key [E] to [A] memory. _ _
At _ _ the end [D] of day when work [A] was over _ and _ _ [C#m] _ [F#m] when _ [B] the evening meal [E] was done, _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G#m] [A] Dad would read _ [D] to us from the [A] family Bible _ and _ _ [D] we'd count our [A] many blessings [E] one [A] by one. _ _
_ _ I [D] can _ see [G] us sitting round the [D] table _ when _ _ _ from the family Bible Dad [A] would read. _
_ _ And I can hear _ my [D] mother [A] softly singing, _ _ _ _ Rock of Ages, _ [D]
[A] Rock of [E] Ages left [A] for me. _
Now _ this old world _ [D] of ours is filled [A] with trouble, _ _ _ _ [F#m] but this old world would [D#] _ also better [E] be _
if _ _ [F#m] we [A] found [D] more Bibles [A] on the table _ and _ Mother singing, [D] _
[A] Rock of Ages [E] left [A] for me. _ _
I _ [D] can see _
[G] us sitting round [D] the table _ when _ _ _ from the family Bible Dad [A] would read. _ _
_ And I can hear _ [D] my mother softly [A] singing, _ _ _ _ Rock of Ages, [D] Rock [A] of Ages [E] left [A] for me. _ _
_ _ Rock of Ages, [D] Rock [A] of Ages [E] left [A] for me.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ There's a _ family [D] Bible _ on [A] the table, _ _ _ _ _ its _ pages [B] worn and hard [E] to read. _
_ _ [G#] _ [E] [A] But the _ family [D] Bible on [A] the table _ will _ _ _ [D] never be [A] my key [E] to [A] memory. _ _
At _ _ the end [D] of day when work [A] was over _ and _ _ [C#m] _ [F#m] when _ [B] the evening meal [E] was done, _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G#m] [A] Dad would read _ [D] to us from the [A] family Bible _ and _ _ [D] we'd count our [A] many blessings [E] one [A] by one. _ _
_ _ I [D] can _ see [G] us sitting round the [D] table _ when _ _ _ from the family Bible Dad [A] would read. _
_ _ And I can hear _ my [D] mother [A] softly singing, _ _ _ _ Rock of Ages, _ [D]
[A] Rock of [E] Ages left [A] for me. _
Now _ this old world _ [D] of ours is filled [A] with trouble, _ _ _ _ [F#m] but this old world would [D#] _ also better [E] be _
if _ _ [F#m] we [A] found [D] more Bibles [A] on the table _ and _ Mother singing, [D] _
[A] Rock of Ages [E] left [A] for me. _ _
I _ [D] can see _
[G] us sitting round [D] the table _ when _ _ _ from the family Bible Dad [A] would read. _ _
_ And I can hear _ [D] my mother softly [A] singing, _ _ _ _ Rock of Ages, [D] Rock [A] of Ages [E] left [A] for me. _ _
_ _ Rock of Ages, [D] Rock [A] of Ages [E] left [A] for me.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _