That Old King James Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Bm][G][Bm][G]
[A]

[Verse 1]
[D]Preacher gave
it [A]to him when he [Bm]was eight
That Sunday morning he [F#m]got saved
in that little [G]church
[D]Gran-daddy totted totted
[A]it to Bib[Bm]le school
I bet back then it looked [F#m]brand new
Not a faded [G]word, now the cover's torn
[D]And the lea[Em]ther's worn on
that [D]Old King James

[Verse 2]
[G]He took it with him overseas
[F#m]England, France and Germany
[G]Right there in [A]the middle [D]of hell
[G]Said he read it every night
He [F#m]swore that it saved his life
His [Em]only hope when there
was no [A]hope left
Was in that [G]Old [Em]King [D]James
[Bm][G]

[Verse 3]
[D]Passed it down to Momma
[A]on the day [Bm]he died
Sat there for [F#m]the longest time
just gathering [G]the dust
But [D]when life would take a sharp
turn every now [Bm]and then
And she would just [Em]start [F#m]miss ing him,
I'd see her pick [G]it up
[D]Now the cov[G]er's torn
[D]And the lea[Em]ther's worn on that
[D]Old King James

[Verse 4]
[G]You'll find on every other page
[F#m]Yellow lines or tear drop stains
[G]Every chapter [A]of that
good [D]book
Been through can[G]cer,
war and crazy kids
[F#m]All the stupids things I did
[Em]I may never know the toll
[A]I took on her
And that [G]Old [Em]King James

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][F#m]
[G][D][A][Bm]
[F#m][G][D]
Yeah, I'm [A]the one who's

[Verse 5]
[Bm]got it now
She said read [Em]it when you're feel
[F#m]ing down
And I said, "Yes [G]Ma'am"
Now the cover's torn
[D]And the lea[Em]ther's worn on that
[D]Old King James
[Bm][G][Bm][G][Em]