Jesus And Elvis

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Jesus and Elvis painted on velvet
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 hanging at the bar here every night
It’s good to be back again ah, me 
       C
and my old friends
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Neith a neon cross and a string of 
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Christmas lights

[Verse]
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Lola built this joint in ’67 and 
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her boy went off to fight on 
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Christmas Eve
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In a war nobody won, she lost 
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her only son
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Now everything he loved is what you 
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see

[Chorus]
G                          C     
Jesus and Elvis painted on velvet
D                              G
 hanging at the bar here every night
It’s good to be back again ah, me 
       C
and my old friends
       D                           
Neith a neon cross and a string of 
         G
Christmas lights

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[Verse]
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Mama told him Jesus loves a sinner
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His daddy said that music saved his
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 soul
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Between the drunkards and the band,
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 it’s a fittin’ promise land
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For the King of Kings and the king 
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of Rock n’ Roll

[Chorus]
G                          C     
Jesus and Elvis painted on velvet
      D                        G
 hanging at the bar here every night
It’s good to be back again ah, me 
       C
and my old friends
       D                           
Neith a neon cross and a string of 
          G
Christmas lights

{Solo} G C D G G C D G

[Verse]
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So if you need a shot of whiskey 
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and redemption
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Where the delta meets the Sea of 
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Galilee
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Get washed in the Blood of the 
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Mississippi mud
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Come all you Non-believers and 
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you’ll see

[Chorus]
G                         C      
Jesus and Elvis painted on velvet
   D                          G
 hanging at the bar here every night
It’s good to be back again ah, me 
       C
and my old friends
        D                          
Neith a neon cross and a string of 
         G
Christmas lights
Yeah It’s good to be back again ah, 
          C
me and my old friends
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Neith a neon cross and a string of 
           G
Christmas lights
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Neith a neon cross and a string of 
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Christmas lights
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By and by Lord. By and by