A Bible And A Belt Chords & Lyrics - Joey And Rory

Capo on 1

[INTRO]
[C] [C] [F] [F] x 2

They were [C]both made of leather, both [F]black and frayed and worn
I was [C]brought up to respect them since the [G]day that I was born
[C]One came here from England, it's been [F]handed down for years
The [Am]other one was [G]ordered from a [F]catalogue at [C]Sears

[C]One my mama read to me that I was [F]well into my teens
And I [C]thought all the other one was for was to [G]hold up daddy's jeans
Till I [C]told a lie and learned, it had an- [F]other purpose too
One be- [Am]hind the shed, my [G]daddy said, "This will [F]hurt me more than you" [C]

[CHORUS]
'Cause one [F]had my daddy's name on it, the other said King [C]James
With [G]love they taught us lessons, but we [F]feared them [G]both the same [C]
[F]One led us to heaven and the [C]other left a [F]welt
But those [Am]were the days when [G]kids were raised [F]with a [G]bible and a belt [C] [C] [F] [F]

I re- [C]member when I was twelve, I stole a [F]dime store comic book
And how [C]mama read what the scr i pture said to [G]take back what I took
When [C]I refused, my daddy grabbed my [F]arm and said "Come on"
I needed [Am]more, he knew than [G]just Matthew, [F]Mark, Luke and John [C]

Well, some- [C]times they made me cry, sometimes they [F]made me fightin' mad
And I'd wish [C]I'd been raised without them like some [G]other children had
But [C]now I'm grown with kids of my own and I [F]know just how they felt
You know, it [Am]seems to me what the [G]world still needs is a [F]bible and a belt [C]

[CHORUS]
'Cause one [F]had my daddy's name on it, the other said King [C]James
With [G]love they taught us lessons, we [F]feared them [G]both the same [C]
[F]One led us to heaven and the [C]other hurt like [F]hell
Those [Am]were the days when [G]kids were raised [F]with a [G]bible and a belt

[OUTRO]
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