Backslider Blues

capo 2nd fret
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INTRO
G  Em  D  C

G
No doubt the prayers of my mother
      Em                      D
Have taken me aways down the line,
     C                        G
And I'd swear the life of my sister,
Well she's brighter than the sun 
           D
when she shines.
    G
And I have been baptised in water,
Em                       D
I have been baptised in fire
          C                      
And I've knelt with both hands on 
      G
the altar
     D         C            G
And I've even sang in the choir.
               Em                  
There've been forks in the road 
   C            G
when I've had to choose...
   D                         C    
I pray He'll forgive me for 
       D          G
singin' the backslider blues.

             C                     
- Yeah the backslider blues ain't a
  G
 hard song to sing.
     Em               C           
You know right from wrong, you 
   G          D
just don't do a thing.
 C                            G
Stand there alone, feelin' battered 
and bruised,
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 Em           D         C
Singin' the backslider blues. -

G  Em  D  G

           G
From the stained glass light of the 
chapel,
        Em              D
To the neon haze of the bar.
          C             G
From the wine of holy communion,
To the liqour that's left me the 
 D
scars.
          G
From the Bible that sets on my 
dresser,
         Em                        
To the clothes strung all 'cross 
    D
the floor.
            C                   
From the prayers from my friends 
             G
when they need me,
         D              C         
To the times that I've ran out the
  G
 door.
      Em                        C 
Been taken by surprise by some 
         G
women and rouge,
       D                       
And I pray He'll forgive me for 
   C           D         G
singin' the backslider blues.

D   G   Em   C   G   D   C   

G   Em   D   C

    G
And I hope that we can all make it
        Em                     
To the place where true freedom 
   D
rings
       C                         
And I pray that they have us some 
   G
guitars
So we can walk through the red buds 
     D
and sing.
        G
Never know when you're out on life's
 highway,
 Em                       D
Gabriel might pull up to you.
            C                      
He'll say "Child, climb in and ride
   G
 shotgun
           D             C        
And we'll see what this big rig 
  G
can do".
             Em                    
There'll be nothin' more to say and
   C              G
 nothin' left to lose.
 D                        C       
He'll have forgotten when we sang 
      D         G
the backslider blues.

             C                     
- Yeah the backslider blues ain't a
  G
 hard song to sing.
     Em               C           
You know right from wrong, you 
   G          D
just don't do a thing.
 C                            G
Stand there alone, feelin' battered 
and bruised,
 Em           D         C        
Singin' the backslider blues. I'm
        G            D        G
 just singin' the backslider blues.

G  Em  D  G