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♫ Intro: D Em7 D/F# G D Em7 D/F# G ♫ Verse 1: D 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 I often wondered how he ended up like that G So one day, drivin' home, I pulled over to ask Em7 D/F# G I said, "Man, where'd did it all go wrong " Em7 D/F# G He said, "Son, do you really wanna know " D Em7 D/F# G My daddy left for another woman, moved off to L.A. D Em7 D/F# G My momma fought hard against that cancer, she died when I was eight D Em7 D/F# G I finished school, my country shipped me off to war D Em7 D/F# G When I came home, my whole world didn't love me anymorе
♫ Chorus: Em7 D/F# G It's hard to see all that when you're drivin' by Em7 D/F# G D Em7 So I just write down, "Jesus Saves" 'causе there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign D/F# G D Em7 D/F# G I can't fit that on a sign ♫ Verse 2: D I took him to a diner, I bought him a cup of coffee G He asked me if he could bum a couple dollars off me Em7 D/F# G He told me his story, I told mine Em7 D/F# G He said, "Thanks 'cause most folks around here would never take the time" D Em D/F# G He said, "I lost my job down at the mill when that factory closed D Em7 D/F# G Army stopped sendin' me them checks, the bank took everything I owned" D Em7 D/F# G D Hitchhiked my way up to Chicago, the nights were too damn cold Em7 D/F# G I hopped the train, headed west 'cause I had nowhere else to go ♫ Chorus: Em7 D/F# G It's hard to see all that drivin' by Em7 D/F# G D Em7 So I just write down, "Jesus Saves" 'causе there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign D/F# G D Em7 D/F# G There ain't no way to fit that on a sign ♫ Verse 3: Em7 D/F# G I probably would've wrote down a little more Em7 D/F# G If I could've found a bigger piece of cardboard D Em7 D My brother Walter was my hero G But he was bad to drink D Em7 D/F# One night, he laid his Harley down G Near that Ohio River Bank D Em7 D/F# G Me and my ex-wife tried for kids when we were datin' D Em7 D/F# Hell, we even had baby names picked out G But little Walter didn't make it Out-♫ Chorus: Em7 D/F# G It's hard to see all that drivin' by Em7 D/F# G D Em7 So I just write down, "Jesus Saves" 'cause there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign D/F# G D Em7 D/F# G Can't fit all that on a sign
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