Excuses

| C | C | C | C | | C | C | C | C | C C C G Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day, G G G C now the Devil he'll supply them, if the church you stay away. C C C7 F When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses, F C G C C so, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses. C C C G In the summer it's too hot and in the winter it's too cold, G G G C in the springtime when the weather's just right, you find some place else to go. C C C7 F Well, it's up to the mountains or down to the beach or to visit some old friend or F C G C C just stay home and kinda relax and hope that some of the kin folks will start dropping in. C C C G Well, a headache Sunday morning and a backache Sunday night, G G G C but by worktime Monday morning, you're feeling quite alright. C C C7 F While one of the children has a cold, "Pneumonia, do you suppose?" F C G C C Why the whole family had to stay home, just to blow that poor kid's nose? C C C G Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day, G G G C now the Devil he'll supply them, if the church you stay away. C C C7 F When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses, F C G C C so, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses. C C C G Well, the preacher he's too young and, maybe he's too old, G G G C those sermons they're not hard enough, sometimes they're too bold. C C C7 F His voice is much too quiet-like, sometimes he gets too loud, F C G C C he needs to have more dignity or else he's way too proud. C C C G Well, the sermons they're too long and, maybe they're too short, G G G C he ought to preach the word with dignity instead of "stomp and snort." C C C7 F Well, that preacher we've got must be "the world's most stuck up man." F C G C C Well, one of the lady's told me the other day, "Well, he didn't even shake my hand." End-Chorus C C C G Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day, G G G C now the Devil he'll supply them, if the church you stay away. C C C7 F When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses, F C G C C so, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses. F C G C C C C So, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.