Capo on 2nd fret
Intro: G
G
Sometimes he straddles fences
G
Sometimes he hangs the moon
G
Sometimes he rises early
G
So he can drink before noon
C
At this rate,
G
I don’t know the path he’ll take, no
D
Hades or Pearly Gates
Em C
Either way he’ll get a brand new start
G D G
He needs Jesus, or a bullet in his heart
G
His momma, she was a rounder
G
His daddy was a man of the cloth
G
Sometimes he walks on water
G
Sometimes on alcohol
C
At this rate,
G
I don’t know the path he’ll take, no
D
Hades or Pearly Gates
Em C
Either way he’ll get a brand new start
G D G
He needs Jesus, or a bullet in his heart
E C G
He’s got a gun and a Bible with his name on it
D Em C
God knows that I cry and that I pray, darn it’s
C
At this rate,
G
I don’t know the path he’ll take, no
D
Hades or Pearly Gates
Em C
Either way he’ll get a brand new start
G D Em C
He needs Jesus, or a bullet in his heart
G D G
That boy needs Jesus, or a bullet in his heart