Deck Of Cards Chords

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[Intro 1]
[D][G][A][D]
[A]
During the [D]South Vietnam

[Verse 1]
campaign,
a group of soldiers
[G]returned to Saigon
[D]after weeks of heavy jungle
fighting.
The next day being Sunday,
some of the boys attended
church services.
After the [E]chaplain read the prayer,
the text was taken up[Em].
[A]Those of the boy[D]s who
had prayer books
took them out.
But [G]one boy had only a deck [D]of cards,
and he spread them out.
The sergeant in charge saw
[G]the cards
and said, Soldier, [Em]put those cards a[A]way.
[D]After ser[G]vices were over,
[D]the soldier was taken prisoner
an[G]d brought before the provost marshal.
The marshal said, Sergeant,
[C]why have you brought thi[D]s man here?
Or playing cards in church, sir?
And what have you to say for yourself,
[G]son?
Much, sir, [A]the soldier replied.
[D]You see, sir,
I have been in the jungles for six [G]weeks,
and I have [D]neither Bible nor prayer book.
But I hope to satisfy you, sir,
with the purity of my [Em]intentions.[A]
[D]You see, sir, [Bb]when I look at the ace,
it reminds [Eb]me there is but one God
and [Ab]when I see the deuce,
[Eb]it reminds me that the Bible is
divided into two parts,
the Old and the New Testaments,
an[Cm]d when I see the three,
[F]I think of the Father, the Son[Bb],
[Gm]and [Bb]the Holy G[Eb]host,
[Bb]an d when I see the four,
[Eb]I thin[Ab]k of the four evangelists[Eb]
who preached the gospel,
Matthew, Mark, [Ab]Luke and John.
[Fm]An d w[Bb]hen I see the five,
[Eb]it reminds me of the f[Ab]ive
wise virgins
[Eb]who trimmed their lamps.
[Ab]There were ten of them.
Five are wise and were saved.
[Db]Five were foolish [Eb]an
d were shut out.
And when I see the six,
it reminds me that in six days
God made this great
heaven and [Ab]earth.
And when I [Bb]see the seven,
[Eb]it reminds me that on the seventh day,
God rested.
[Ab]And when[Eb] I see the eight,
I think of the eight righteous
persons
God saved [Bb]when [Eb]he destroyed the world.
[Cm]Noah[Fm], his [Bb]wife, their thre[Eb]e sons,
and their wives.
[B]And when I see the nine,
[E]I think of the lepers our Savior cleansed,
and nine of the 10 didn't even thank [B]him.
[E]When I see the 10,[B]
[E]I think of the 10
commandments
God handed to Moses on the
tablet of [Gb]stone.
And [Gbm]when I see the King,
[B]it rem[E]inds me once again
there is but one King of Heaven,
[A]God Alm[E]ighty.
And when I see the Queen,
I [A]think of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
who [Gbm]is Queen of Heaven.
[B]And the[E] Jack is the[A] devil.
[E]And when I count the
number of spots
[A]on a deck of cards,
I find 365,
[D]the number of days in a [E]year.
There are 52 cards,
the number of weeks in a year.
There are 13 tricks,
[A]the number of wee[D]ks in a quarter.
[B]There are four suits,
[E]the number of weeks in a month.
There are [A]12 picture cards,
[E]the number of months in a year.
So you [B]see, sir,
[E]my deck of cards
has served me
[B]as [E]a Bible, almanac,
[A]and pra[E]yer [Dbm]book.[E]
And [E]friends, this [Gbm]story is true,
because [B]I knew that soldier.