Excuses chords by The Kingsmen

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
| C majorC     | C majorC     | C majorC     | C majorC     | (x2)


Chorus:
 C majorC    C majorC       C majorC        G+G
Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day,
    G+G       G+G        G+G        C majorC
now the Devil he'll supply them, if the church you stay away.
   C majorC       C majorC       C7C7        FF
When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses,
    FF        C majorC          G+G       C majorC      C majorC
so, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.

Verse 1:
    C majorC        C majorC       C majorC        G+G
In the summer it's too hot and in the winter it's too cold,
    G+G          G+G               G+G          C majorC
in the springtime when the weather's just right, you find some place else to go.
      C majorC           C majorC            C7C7       FF
Well, it's up to the mountains or down to the beach or to visit some old friend or
   FF           C majorC               G+G               C majorC      C majorC
just stay home and kinda relax and hope that some of the kin folks will start dropping in.

Verse 2:
    C majorC        C majorC       C majorC        G+G
Well, a headache Sunday morning and a backache Sunday night,
    G+G        G+G        G+G        C majorC
but by worktime Monday morning, you're feeling quite alright.
         C majorC       C majorC     C7C7        FF
While one of the children has a cold, "Pneumonia, do you suppose?"
    FF          C majorC         G+G          C majorC   C majorC
Why the whole family had to stay home, just to blow that poor kid's nose?

Chorus:
 C majorC    C majorC       C majorC        G+G
Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day,
    G+G       G+G        G+G        C majorC
now the Devil he'll supply them, if the church you stay away.
   C majorC       C majorC       C7C7        FF
When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses,
    FF        C majorC          G+G       C majorC      C majorC
so, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.

Verse 3:
     C majorC         C majorC     C majorC       G+G
Well, the preacher he's too young and, maybe he's too old,
   G+G          G+G        G+G         C majorC
those sermons they're not hard enough, sometimes they're too bold.
  C majorC         C majorC        C7C7        FF
His voice is much too quiet-like, sometimes he gets too loud,
  FF         C majorC     G+G         C majorC      C majorC
he needs to have more dignity or else he's way too proud.

Verse 4:
     C majorC          C majorC     C majorC         G+G
Well, the sermons they're too long and, maybe they're too short,
  G+G          G+G          G+G          C majorC
he ought to preach the word with dignity instead of "stomp and snort."
      C majorC            C majorC    C7C7          FF
Well, that preacher we've got must be "the world's most stuck up man."
   FF           C majorC              G+G          C majorC    C majorC
Well, one of the lady's told me the other day, "Well, he didn't even shake my hand."

End-Chorus:
 C majorC    C majorC       C majorC        G+G
Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day,
    G+G       G+G        G+G        C majorC
now the Devil he'll supply them, if the church you stay away.
   C majorC       C majorC       C7C7        FF
When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses,
    FF        C majorC          G+G       C majorC    C majorC
so, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.
    FF        C majorC          G+G       C majorC    C majorC     C majorC    C majorC
So, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.