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