The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]The Lord loves the drinkin man
He sent [G]honky tonk angels
To the promised land
[A]I hear that He can turn the water to wine
Any [D]man that can do that

[Verse 2]
Oh he's a [D]good friend of mine
I been baptised in beer
I'm here to testify
I was [G]speakin in tongues when
I came home last night
[A]Some folks say I'm livin in sin but i know
[G]The Lord lov[A]es the dri[D]nkin' man

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][A][D]

[Verse 3]
Yea the [D]preacher man he told me
"Boy you ain't no good
The [G]devil's gonna getcha
Best start actin like you should"
Oh the [A]cold beer, and bright lights,
stayin' out all night
[D]Good book it tells me boy your
souls gonna burn

[Verse 4]
[D]My momma says son you're
headin' down the wrong road
They [G]don't let honky tonkers up in
heaven I've been told
Well [A]don't you worry momma
I'll see you up in heaven
Yea [D]I've been thinkin' bout it
and I've come to this conclusion [A]now

[Verse 5]
[D]The Lord loves the drinkin' man
He sent [G]honky tonk angels
To the promised land
[A]I hear that He can turn the water to wine
Any [D]man that can do that
Oh he's a good friend of mine

[Verse 6]
I been [D]baptised in beer
I'm here to testify
I was [G]speakin' in tongues
when I came home last night
[A]Some folks say I'm
livin' in sin but i know
[G]The Lord lov[A]es the
[D]drinkin' man

[Interlude 2]
[D][G][A][D]
Well [A]my

[Verse 7]
[D]daddy said "Son,
you're livin' your life all wrong
[G]Lightnin's gonna strike you
down before too long
The [A]man upstairs,
he don't like what you do
And [D]when you reach those pearly gates
You ain't gettin' through

[Verse 8]
[D]Well I've been thinkin',
gotta brand new plan
I'm gonna [G]start a little church
down at the stumble- in
[A]Yea thats right,
I'm gonna start my own religion
We'll be [D]drinkin' and [A]dancin' at
[D]the church of Hank Williams, yea

[Verse 9]
The Lord loves [D]the drinkin' man
He sent [G]honky tonk angels
To the promised land
[A]I hear that He can turn the water to wine
Any [D]man that can do that

[Verse 10]
Oh he's a [D]good friend of mine
I been baptised in beer
I'm here to testify
I was [G]speakin' in tongues
when I came home last night
[A]Some folks say I'm
livin' in sin but I know
[G]The Lord lov[A]es the dri[D]nkin' man

[Verse 11]
[G]The[A][Bb]
[Eb]Lord
loves the drinkin' man
He sent [Ab]honky tonk angels
To the promised [Bb]land
I hear that He can turn the water to wine
Any [Eb]man that can do that

[Verse 12]
Oh he's a [Eb]good friend of mine
I been baptised in beer
I'm here to testify
[Ab]I was speakin' in tongues when
I came home last night
[Bb]Some folks say I'm livin' in sin

[Verse 13]
But I [Ab]know
The Lord [Bb]loves the [Eb]drinkin' man
Oh [Bb]yea I[Eb] kno[Ab]w the Lord lov[Bb]es
[Ab]I hope he does[Bb]
[Ab]The Lord loves[Bb] the drink[Eb]in' man