Beer And The Bible

G                            Am
On the day he arrived with a light 
in his eyes
           D                       
He'd says all his farewells and all
 C   D
 his goodbyes
    G                       Am7
And he knew he'd find work, he was 
good with his hands
    D                              
And the money was good too in this 
   C       D
foreign land
G                                
On the first night he met with a few
Am7
 big hard men
D                          C     
Put his hand in his pocket again 
    D
and again
G                             Am
I'll replace it tomorrow, and all 
will be right
    D                           C 
And he put down the hard stuff, 
            D
well into the night

[Chorus]

G                         Am
And he's walking all day, just 
looking for leads
D                            
As the light in the tunnel, it 
  C       D
slowly recedes
G                                 
And he's back to the pub, and the 
    Am     C
old rosary beads
D                        G       
Back to the beer and the Bible
     D


[Verse 2]

G                              
In the cold light of day, in the 
   Am           Am7
concreate and steel
    D                 C          
His sense of security started to 
D
reel
G                      Am7       
And realisation it was worse than
    Am
 he thought
D                        C       
Pours over his head like old tea 
       D
from a pot
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G                             
And he knows them by heart, the 
      Am
signs and the jeers
        D                     
"No men wanted; Bugger off; No 
 C         D
vacancies here"
G                                 
Because there's plenty of work if 
        Am
you're first in the line
    D                      G      
And there isn't a thousand before 
       D
you

[Chorus]

G                         Am
And he's walking all day, just 
looking for leads
D                            
As the light in the tunnel, it 
  C       D
slowly recedes
G                                 
And he's back to the pub, and the 
    Am     C
old rosary beads
D                        G       
Back to the beer and the Bible
   E


[Verse 3]

E       A                        
So he lowers his sights, "I'd do 
Bm7
anything at all!
E                             
To hell with the trowel and the 
  D               E
straight narrow walls
A                                
Sure a hunt wouldn't hurt, for a 
Bm
month, maybe more
E                           D    
Will you give me a job, you lousy
     E
 old hoor!"

[Chorus]

A                         Bm
And he's walking all day, just 
looking for leads
E                            
As the light in the tunnel, it 
  D      E
slowly recedes
A                                 
And he's back to the pub, and the 
    Bm     D
old rosary beads
E           E7           A        E
Back to the beer and the Bible

[Verse 4]

A                                  
Its a long time since he heard the 
Bm
waves on the shore
E                                  
Near the place that he came from a 
D         E
long time before
      A                            
So he drinks, and he prays, and he 
Bm
can't understand
         E                         
Why they don't need his skills here
         D       E
 in this foreign land

[Chorus]

A                         Bm
And he's walking all day, just 
looking for leads
E                            
As the light in the tunnel, it 
  D      E
slowly recedes
A                                 
And he's back to the pub, and the 
    Bm     D
old rosary beads
E           E7           A        E
Back to the beer and the Bible
A                          Bm
Yes, he's walking all day, just 
looking for leads
E                            
As the light in the tunnel, it 
  D      E
slowly recedes
A                                 
And he's back to the pub, and the 
    Bm     D
old rosary beads
E                        A
Back to the beer and the Bible

E                        A
Back to the beer and the Bible
          E                        
He's gone back to the beer and the 
A
Bible