Grandma Read the Bible
© Mike Murray 2002
Key of C
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Songs around the campfire
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Hotdogs on a stick
C_______G________C
Playing ball and fishin'
G
Swimming in the creek
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That's not what I remember
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It's what I wish had been
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Thinkin' back on childhood
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Sunday meeting in the tent
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Thinkin' back on childhood
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Sunday meeting in the tent
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WHEN GRANDMA READ THE BIBLE
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GRANDPA HELD THE SNAKES
SISTER WALKED ON BURNING COALS
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AND DADDY PASSED THE PLATE
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MAMA SHRIEKED IN A HOLY TONGUE
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THAT NO ONE UNDERSTOOD
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I HUNG BACK IN THE SHADOWS
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BEGGIN' GOD TO MAKE ME GOOD
The people moaned and trembled
They sweat and rolled their eyes
Cryin' to their Savior
To cast out the Prince of Lies
But I never saw the angels come
When Hattie Devlin died
When I gave testimony
My eyes and tongue were dry
When I gave testimony
My eyes and tongue were dry
[no chorus]
I never dreamed of Jesus
The snakes, they made me scared
A sign, oh Lord, a sign for me
That I might know You're there
Staring up at Heaven
Seeing only clouds and air
Now I'm thinking back of Grandpa
Walking in the serpents' lair
Thinking back of Grandpa
Walking in the serpents' lair
CHORUS
Momma drowned one morning
Tryin' to walk across the lake
Daddy died of eating D-CON
Must have lost his faith
Sister rode a Harley
To the California sun
Ain't nobody left here
I guess I'm the only one
Who still remembers Grandpa
Back in 1951
LAST CHORUS [add extra lines]
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AND I STILL REMEMBER GRANDPA
Am
BEGGIN' GOD TO MAKE ME GOOD
[trail off on Am]