Capo 2 Cadd9 G cadd9 G Well God blessed Texas and deacon Shackelford Cadd9 G Cadd9 G He read the Bible seven times, and he believed every word Cadd9 G Cadd9 G That old beat up leather book had been through it all Cadd9 G Cadd9 G He sat on the back pew, so he could chew him a chaw Cadd9 G Singing Amazing Grace Cadd9 G How sweet the sound Cadd9 D Cadd9 That saved a wrech like me He carried candy for the kids in his Sunday dress coat he took me fishing after church and taught me things I needed to know no deacon didn't have a family, Lord knows he wished he did Cadd9 G D G He told the whole congregation that I was his grand kid Chorus Am G D G And today he joined up with Jesus wearing shiney pearl snaps Am G D we sang a few gospel hymns and then the soldier played tapps Am G D Em I bet he's walking with Pete down a street paved with gold Am G D Cadd9 showing off his brand spanking new wings and his barbed wire halo He married sweet Ema Graves before the war was through She held his right arm next to his anchor tattoo He was on a ship off at sea when she died in child birth He lost his world from the far side of the earth He lost the will to love he lost the will to live until he met a man that taught him to forgive yea life took him to hell and back to hell and back a time or two but in the end he beat the devil until he was black and blue singing I once was lost but now I'm found was blind but now I see chorus Cadd9 G D G Before he went he made me promise him that I wouldn't cry Cadd9 G And though I told him that I wouldn't D G You know I couldn't help but lie chorus And today he joined up with Jesus wearing shiney pearl snaps we sang a few gospel hymns and then the soldier played tapps I bet he's walking with Pete down a street paved with gold Am G D As sure as the ol church bell still rings Am G D He always said he had country in his soul Am G D Cadd9 He's showing off his brand spanking new wings and his barbed wire halo G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D sweet chariot coming for to carry me home Cadd9G Cadd9 G Cadd9 D G Swing low sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home