by Willie Nelson
Violin
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| There's a family | Bible on the | table |
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| Its pages torn and | hard to | read |
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| But the | family | Bible on the | table |
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| Will | ever be my | key to | memo- | ries |
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| At the end of | day when work was | over |
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| A | nd when the evening | meal was | done |
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| Dad would | read to | us from the family | Bible |
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| And we'd | count our many | blessings | one by | one |
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| I | can see us | sitting round the | table |
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| When from the family Bible dad would | read |
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| And I can hear my | mother softly | singing |
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| Rock of ages | rock of | ages | cleft for | me |
| Interlude | F# | B | F# | C#7 | F# | B | F# |
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| This old world of | ours is full of | trouble |
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| But this old world would | also better | be |
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| If we'd | find more | Bibles on the | tables |
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| And mothers singing | rock of | ages | cleft for | me |
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| I | can see us | sitting round the | table |
| F# | |
| When from the family Bible dad would | read |
| B | F# | |
| And I can hear my | mother softly | singing |
| B | F# | C#7 | F# | |
| Rock of ages | rock of | ages | cleft for | me |
| B | F# | C#7 | F# | |
| Rock of ages | rock of | ages | cleft for | me |