The Bible And The Gun

	  		verse 1 
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He laid 'em both out on the bed so he could take a look 
          D                              G 
At those six blued steel chambers & Mr. Gideon's Book 
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The more he drank, the more his head got filled with doubt 
        D                     G 
One's a harder road, One's the Easy Out 

Pre-Chorus 
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The Devil on his shoulder said, "Just go ahead" 
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But the Angel in the room said, "You ain't through here yet" 

Chorus 
        D                                                    Em 
And the tickin' of the clock pounds like a drum when you're flirtin' with the trigger to Kingdom Come 
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And you wouldn't want your mama to see you this way or the preacher that put you under water that day 
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One hand holds the key to life, the other holds the darkest light 
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And the fool between 'em thinks he has to pick one, the bible or the gun 

Solo 
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verse 2 
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He was drifting through the pages of his past regrets 
        D                               A 
'Til he stumbled on the part about "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" 
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And he felt as old as time, but he felt brand new 
        D                                  A 
When he drowned that Smith & Wesson at the bottom of the Motel pool 

Chorus 
       D                                                   Em 
And the tickin' of the clock pounds like a drum when you're flirtin' with the trigger to Kingdom Come 
       G                                                  A 
And you wouldn't want your mama to see you this way or the preacher that put you under water that day 
D                                  Em 
One hand holds the key to life, the other holds the darkest light 
        G                                      A 
And the fool between 'em thinks he has to pick one, the bible or the gun 

Bridge 
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Walkin' On Water, Back In Galilee 
          G                                  A 
Don't mean near as much to him as the Miracle in Room 23, yeah 

Solo   
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Chorus 
      D                                         Em 
Yeah, he walked through the darkest night and he washed his sins in the morning light 
     G                                    A 
He's thankful for each & every breath that comes 
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He looks back on the battle that God won between the bible and the gun 


Outro   
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