Jesus Saves Cifras

JESUS SAVES
As recorded by Riley Green
(2024 release)
 
 
 
Capo 1st fret
 
 
 
[Intro]
D Em7 D/F# G D Em7 D/F# G
 
 
[Verse 1]
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There was a man I used to pass on my way into town
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He was covered in dirt like the world had beat him down
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I often wondered how he ended up like that
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So one day, drivin' home, I pulled over to ask
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I said, "Man, where'd did it all go wrong?"
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He said, "Son, do you really wanna know?"
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My daddy left for another woman, moved off to L.A.
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My momma fought hard against that cancer, she died when I was eight
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I finished school, my country shipped me off to war
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When I came home, my whole world didn't love me anymorе
 
 
[Chorus]
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It's hard to see all that when you're drivin' by
   Em7                 D/F#                      G                              D      Em7
So I just write down, "Jesus Saves" 'causе there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign
D/F#        G         D   Em7 D/F# G
I can't fit that on a sign
 
 
[Verse 2]
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I took him to a diner, I bought him a cup of coffee
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He asked me if he could bum a couple dollars off me
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He told me his story, I told mine
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He said, "Thanks 'cause most folks around here would never take the time"
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He said, "I lost my job down at the mill when that factory closed
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Army stopped sendin' me them checks, the bank took everything I owned"
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Hitchhiked my way up to Chicago, the nights were too damn cold
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I hopped the train, headed west 'cause I had nowhere else to go
 
 
[Chorus]
Em7                 D/F#               G
   It's hard to see all that drivin' by
   Em7                 D/F#                      G                              D      Em7
So I just write down, "Jesus Saves" 'causе there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign
D/F#                  G             D   Em7 D/F# G
There ain't no way to fit that on a sign
 
 
[Verse 3]
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I probably would've wrote down a little more
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If I could've found a bigger piece of cardboard
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My brother Walter was my hero
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But he was bad to drink
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One night, he laid his Harley down
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Near that Ohio River Bank
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Me and my ex-wife tried for kids when we were datin'
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Hell, we even had baby names picked out
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But little Walter didn't make it
 
 
[Out-Chorus]
Em7                 D/F#               G
   It's hard to see all that drivin' by
   Em7                 D/F#                      G                              D     Em7
So I just write down, "Jesus Saves" 'cause there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign
D/F#      G           D     Em7 D/F# G
Can't fit all that on a sign
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