A Bible And A Bus Ticket Home

G C G D G5/B C G C Mamma's tears fell so easy Daddy's handshake was strong. . . D G/D D G D Then I climbed aboard that Greyhound Eighteen and glad to be gone. G5/B C G C Took a rented room on Broadway As I unpacked everything I owned. D G/D D G I found a note my mamma left me With a Bible and a bus ticket home. It Said, SPOKEN C G One will get you where you're going When you haven't got a prayer. D G/D D And one will bring you back, son If your dreams ain't waiting G there. . . C G You're out on your own now We won't be there to fall back on. . . Am G5/B C D But you know we're never farther Than a Bible and a bus ticket G C/G G D home. G5/B C G The years have come and gone and taken The only things in life I C ever counted on. . . D G/D D G D But I'm going back tomorrow To lay flowers on their stone. G5/B C G I can almost hear my mamma calling Saying, son come back where you C belong. . . D G/D D G You've got all you need to get here A Bible and a bus ticket home. It said, SPOKEN C G One will get you where you're going When you haven't got a prayer. D G/D D And one will bring you back, son If your dreams ain't waiting G there. . . C G You're out on your own now We won't be there to fall back on. . . Am G5/B C D But you know we're never farther Than a Bible and a bus ticket G home. Am G5/B C Boy, you know we're never farther. . . D G C/G G Than a Bible and a bus ticket home.