The Bible And The Gun

E A E A He laid 'em both out on the bed so he could take a look E A At those six blued steel chambers & Mr. Gideon's Book E A The more he drank, the more his head got filled with doubt E A One's a harder road, One's the Easy Out C#m A The Devil on his shoulder said, "Just go ahead" C#m B But the Angel in the room said, "You ain't through here yet" E F#m And the tickin' of the clock pounds like a drum when you're flirtin' with the trigger to Kingdom Come A B And you wouldn't want your mama to see you this way or the preacher that put you under water that day E F#m One hand holds the key to life, the other holds the darkest light A B And the fool between 'em thinks he has to pick one, the bible or the gun E F#m A B E A He was drifting through the pages of his past regrets E B 'Til he stumbled on the part about "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" E A And he felt as old as time, but he felt brand new E B When he drowned that Smith & Wesson at the bottom of the Motel pool E F#m And the tickin' of the clock pounds like a drum when you're flirtin' with the trigger to Kingdom Come A B And you wouldn't want your mama to see you this way or the preacher that put you under water that day E F#m One hand holds the key to life, the other holds the darkest light A B And the fool between 'em thinks he has to pick one, the bible or the gun C#m G#m Walkin' On Water, Back In Galilee A B Don't mean near as much to him as the Miracle in Room 23, yeah C#m G#m A B E F#m Yeah, he walked through the darkest night and he washed his sins in the morning light A B He's thankful for each & every breath that comes A B E He looks back on the battle that God won between the bible and the gun F#m A B E F#m A