The Bible And The Gun

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[Verse 1]
            D                                G
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
    D                                    G
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]
    Bm                                G
The Devil on his shoulder said, "Just go ahead"
        Bm                           A
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
        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

[Solo]
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[Verse 2]
        D                               G
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"
       D                           G
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]
          Bm              F#m
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
   G                                  A                            D
He looks back on the battle that God won between the bible and the gun