Deck of Cards [Performed Live On the Ed Sullivan Show 10/25/1959] Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]During the North African Campagne
A bunch of soldier boys had
been on a long hike
And they arrived in a little town
[G]called Casino
[C]The next morning, being [G]Sunday, several
of the boys went to [C]church
A Sargent com[E]manded the boys
in [C]church
And after the chaplain had [F]read the prayer
[G]The text was taken up nex[Am]t
[C]Those of the boys who had
a prayer books took them out
But, this one boy had only a deck of cards
And so he spread them out
The Sargent saw the cards and said, "Soldier,
put away those cards"
After the services were over,
the [G]soldier was taken prisoner
And brought before the Provost Marshall
[C]The marshal said, "Sergeant, why have
you brought this [G]man here?"
"For playing cards in church Sir"
"And what have you [C]to say for
yourself Son?"
"Much, Sir," [G]replied the soldier
The marshal said, "I [C]hope so,
for if not I shall [G]punish you more than [C]any man was ever punished"
[F]The soldier said, "Sir,
[C]I have been on the march for about six days
I have neither Bible nor prayer book,
[Eaug]but I hope to sa[Am]tisfy you, Sir
With the purity of
[Fm]my intentions"
And with that,
the boy [C]started his story
"You see sir, when I [F]look at the Ace
It [G]reminds me that there is but one God
And the [F]deuce, reminds
me that the bible is di[G]vided
Into two parts,
the old and the new [C]testament
When I see the trey, I think of [F]the Father,
[G]Son, and the Holy [F]Ghost
And when I [C]see the four,
I think of the four Evangelists who preached the Gospel
[F]There was[G] Matthew, Mar[C]k,
[F]Luke and John
And when I see the five,
[C]it reminds me of the [G]five wise virgins
Who trimmed their [F]lamps,
there were ten of them
Five were wise and were saved,
five were foolish
[D]And were [G]shut out
[Fsus4]When I see the six,[Bb]
[F]it reminds me that in six days
God made this great Heaven and Earth
When I see the seven,
it reminds me that on the seventh day
God rested from [Bb]His great work
And when I see the eight,
[F]I think of the eight righteous persons
[Am]God saved when he destroyed
[Dm]this Earth
[G]There was Noah, his wife,
their three sons, and their wives
[Csus4]And when I see the nine,
[C]I think of the lepers our [Am]Sa viour cleansed
[C]And, nine out of the [Am]ten, didn't
even thank [D]him[G]
When I see the [Em]ten,
I [G]think of the ten commandments
God [Am]handed down
to Moses on a table of [C]stone
[G]When I see the king, it remind
[Bm]s me that there is but one King of Heaven
[Em]God Almighty
[G]And when I see the [Am]Queen,
I think of the Blessed Virgin [G]Mary
Who is Queen of Heaven,
and the Jack of [Em]Knaves is the Dev[Am]il
When I count the number of spots
in a [D]deck of cards
I find three hundred [G]sixty-five, the
the number of days in a year
There are fifty-two cards, cards, the
number of weeks in a year
There are four suits,
the number of weeks in a month
There are twelve picture cards,
the number of months in a year
There are thirteen tricks, the number
of [C]weeks in a quarter
[G]So, you see Sir[D], my pack of cards
[C]serves me [Em]as a Bible
[Am]An Almanac, and a prayer book
And [G]friends, [D]the story [G]is true, I know
I was that [G]soldier
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