Greatest Story Ever Told

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Moses come ridin'    up on a 
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quasar.
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His spurs was a-jingling, the 
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door was ajar.
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His buckle was silver, his 
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manner was bold.
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I asked him to come on in  out 
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of the cold.


[Refrain]
    Am        Em           C     
His brain was boiling, his reason
     F C
 was spent.
Am         Em        C          
Nothing is borrowed, nothing is 
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lent.
C                    F    C     
I asked him for mercy, he gave 
        F C
me a gun.
C                          F    
Now and again these things just 
C              F C
got to be done.


[Bridge]
G
Abraham and Isaac sitting on a fence
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      Am                       D
You'd get right to work if you had 
any sense
             C                    
You know the one thing we need is 
F C                            F C
a left-handed monkey wrench.


[Verse 2]
C                F  C            
Gideon come in with his eyes on 
  F C
the floor
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Says, "You ain't got a hinge, you
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 can't close the door."
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Moses stood up a full six foot 
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and ten
C                F  C            
Says, "You can't close the door 
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when the walls caved in."


[Refrain]
   Am        Em           C      
I ask him for water, he poured me
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 some wine
   Am        Em           C      
We finished the bottle then broke
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 into mine.


[Verse 3]
C                F  C            
You get what you come for, you're
  F C
 ready to go
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And it's one in ten thousand done
  F C
 come for the show.


[Bridge]
G
Abraham and Isaac digging on a well
    Am                        D
Mama come quick with the water witch
 spell
C                F  C            
Cool clear water well you cain't 
  F C
ever tell.


[Other]
G
Abraham and Isaac sitting on a fence
      Am                       D
You'd get right to work if you had 
any sense
             C                    
You know the one thing we need is 
F C                           F C
a left-handed monkey wrench.