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The Good Lord

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[Intro]
F#m
D   A
D   B7
C#7 F#m
[Chorus]
Well I Dpray, every Aday
That the Egood Lord keep me F#msafe
DAnd I try to Ahide all this Efear built in my Espine
DGive a man a Aday
So I can Esee your pretty F#mface
DUntil I C#7arrive in your F#marms
[Verse 1]
Well I doDn't know what you Adoin'
Fightin' in this A7silly war
DYou're not a yankee, love
B7Nor a grey-back confederate
E7Tryin' to keep these slaves abhorred
You were just a simple Dman
Tryin' to do these tAhings the best you A7can
DNow it's time to come on home
B7Got a baby in the oven
C#7That I need to see before she gets old
[Chorus]
Well I Dpray, every Aday
That the Egood Lord keep me F#msafe
DAnd I try to Ahide all this Efear built in my Espine
DGive a man a Aday
So I can Esee your pretty F#mface
DUntil I C#7arrive in your F#marms
[Verse 2]
Well I doAn't know what I'm doin'
Fightin' F#min this stupid war
AI'm not a yankee or a F#mgrey-back anymore
AI've killed so many men
C#7Just to kill so many more
F#mJust wanna see my baby B7before I die
C#7In this shitstorm
[Instrumental]
D   A   E   F#m
D   A   E   E
D   A   E   F#m
D   A   E   C#7
[Outro]
Well I Dpray, every Aday
That the Egood Lord keep me F#msafe
DAnd I try to Ahide all this Efear built in my Espine
DGive a man a Aday
So I can Esee your pretty F#mface
DUntil I Aarrive in your Earms
Well I Dpray, every Aday
That the Egood Lord keep me F#msafe
DAnd I try to Ahide all this Efear built in my Espine
DGive a man a Aday
So I can Esee your pretty F#mface
DUntil I C#7die in your F#marms
DUntil I C#7die in your F#marms
DUntil I C#7die in your F#marms

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The Good Lord

by The Dead South

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

C#7

[Intro]

F#m

D A

D B7

C#7 F#m

[Chorus]

D A

Well I pray, every day

E F#m

That the good Lord keep me safe

D A E E

And I try to hide all this fear built in my spine

D A

Give a man a day

E F#m

So I can see your pretty face

D C#7 F#m

Until I arrive in your arms

[Verse 1]

D A

Well I don't know what you doin'

Fightin' in this silly war

You're not a yankee, love

Nor a grey-back confederate

Tryin' to keep these slaves abhorred

You were just a simple man

A A7

Tryin' to do these things the best you can

Now it's time to come on home

Got a baby in the oven

C#7

That I need to see before she gets old

[Chorus]

D A

Well I pray, every day

E F#m

That the good Lord keep me safe

D A E E

And I try to hide all this fear built in my spine

D A

Give a man a day

E F#m

So I can see your pretty face

D C#7 F#m

Until I arrive in your arms

[Verse 2]

Well I don't know what I'm doin'

F#m

Fightin' in this stupid war

A F#m

I'm not a yankee or a grey-back anymore

I've killed so many men

C#7

Just to kill so many more

F#m B7

Just wanna see my baby before I die

C#7

In this shitstorm

[Instrumental]

D A E F#m

D A E E

D A E F#m

D A E C#7

[Outro]

D A

Well I pray, every day

E F#m

That the good Lord keep me safe

D A E E

And I try to hide all this fear built in my spine

D A

Give a man a day

E F#m

So I can see your pretty face

D A E

Until I arrive in your arms

D A

Well I pray, every day

E F#m

That the good Lord keep me safe

D A E E

And I try to hide all this fear built in my spine

D A

Give a man a day

E F#m

So I can see your pretty face

D C#7 F#m

Until I die in your arms

D C#7 F#m

Until I die in your arms

D C#7 F#m

Until I die in your arms

About The Good Lord Chords by The Dead South

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