Jesus Saves chords by Riley Green

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

♫ Intro:

D MajorD E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G


♫ Verse 1:
D MajorD                        G+G
There was a man I used to pass on my way into town

He was covered in dirt like the world had beat him down
D MajorD
I often wondered how he ended up like that
  G+G
So one day, drivin' home, I pulled over to ask
E minor 7Em7      D/F#D/F#         G+G
I said, "Man, where'd did it all go wrong "
E minor 7Em7          D/F#D/F#     G+G
He said, "Son, do you really wanna know "
D MajorD    E minor 7Em7        D/F#D/F#      G+G
My daddy left for another woman, moved off to L.A.
D MajorD        E minor 7Em7        D/F#D/F#    G+G
My momma fought hard against that cancer, she died when I was eight
D MajorD     E minor 7Em7        D/F#D/F#         G+G
I finished school, my country shipped me off to war
    D MajorD       E minor 7Em7        D/F#D/F#      G+G
When I came home, my whole world didn't love me anymorе

♫ Chorus:
   E minor 7Em7       D/F#D/F#           G+G
It's hard to see all that when you're drivin' by
  E minor 7Em7         D/F#D/F#           G+G               D MajorD   E minor 7Em7
So I just write down, "Jesus Saves" 'causе there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign
D/F#D/F#    G+G     D MajorD  E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G
I can't fit that on a sign


♫ Verse 2:
D MajorD
I took him to a diner, I bought him a cup of coffee
G+G
He asked me if he could bum a couple dollars off me
E minor 7Em7      D/F#D/F#     G+G
He told me his story, I told mine
E minor 7Em7             D/F#D/F#          G+G
He said, "Thanks 'cause most folks around here would never take the time"
     D MajorD     E minorEm       D/F#D/F#      G+G
He said, "I lost my job down at the mill when that factory closed
D MajorD      E minor 7Em7       D/F#D/F#         G+G
Army stopped sendin' me them checks, the bank took everything I owned"
D MajorD       E minor 7Em7     D/F#D/F#   G+G          D MajorD
Hitchhiked my way up to Chicago, the nights were too damn cold
       E minor 7Em7        D/F#D/F#     G+G
I hopped the train, headed west 'cause I had nowhere else to go

♫ Chorus:
E minor 7Em7         D/F#D/F#        G+G
  It's hard to see all that drivin' by
  E minor 7Em7         D/F#D/F#           G+G               D MajorD   E minor 7Em7
So I just write down, "Jesus Saves" 'causе there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign
D/F#D/F#         G+G       D MajorD  E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G
There ain't no way to fit that on a sign


♫ Verse 3:
E minor 7Em7            D/F#D/F#     G+G
I probably would've wrote down a little more
   E minor 7Em7       D/F#D/F#      G+G
If I could've found a bigger piece of cardboard
D MajorD     E minor 7Em7      D MajorD
My brother Walter was my hero
      G+G
But he was bad to drink
D MajorD       E minor 7Em7       D/F#D/F#
One night, he laid his Harley down
      G+G
Near that Ohio River Bank
D MajorD      E minor 7Em7      D/F#D/F#          G+G
Me and my ex-wife tried for kids when we were datin'
D MajorD         E minor 7Em7        D/F#D/F#
Hell, we even had baby names picked out
         G+G
But little Walter didn't make it


Out-♫ Chorus:
E minor 7Em7         D/F#D/F#        G+G
  It's hard to see all that drivin' by
  E minor 7Em7         D/F#D/F#           G+G               D MajorD   E minor 7Em7
So I just write down, "Jesus Saves" 'cause there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign
D/F#D/F#   G+G      D MajorD   E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G
Can't fit all that on a sign

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