G For Jesus

G D On a lowly night like any other in a C G place I’m known to go A A7 To croon a song to a patient throng of D D7 folks that you might know G D I sang the songs of hard times C G Hard feelings and hardened hearts A A7 But nothing seemed to grab them until a D D7 patron, he remarked: N.C. Won’t you play it in: C G G for Jesus, D G G7 and let your holy spirit show C G Keep your pains and your midnight trains A D And onto higher ground you’ll go C Don’t sing the songs about whiskey and I’m so G Em lonesome that mama tried C G Play it in G for Jesus and A D G you might leave this bar alive Yodel G D G G G D So I swallowed hard and I scanned the bar C G for an exit that I might tread A A7 It occurred that I might could see the light if it D D7 meant I could earn my bread G D I strummed this chord to the waiting lord C G And fixed him in my gaze A A7 And no minor key escaped me D D7 While old Gabrielle’s trumpet played N.C. And I played it in: C G G for Jesus, D G G7 I let my holy spirit show C G Kept my pain and my midnight trains A D And onto higher ground I’ll go C I won’t sing the songs about whiskey and I’m so G Em lonesome that mama tried C G Play it in G for Jesus A D G Em Though none of us leave this world alive A D G Em No, you won’t leave this world alive A D G C None of us leave this world alive G Em Em7 Em