Bobby Bare – Praise The Lord And Send Me The Money (Guitar)

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[Intro] N.C. N.C. I'm happy, you can be happy too N.C. If you praise the Lord and send me the money
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That's what Jesus wants you to do
[Verse 1]
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Late one night while watchin' Columbo

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  I fell asleep till quarter past three

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When   just like a vision I   thought I was dreamin'

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  I heard the voice of a man on TV
[Chorus]
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He said   praise the Lord and send me the money

    G                       D
I'm happy, you can be happy too

       G                   C           G
If you praise the Lord and send me the money

G                 D            G
That's what Jesus wants you to do
[Verse 2]
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  I sat straight up and reached for my checkbook

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Trembling with guilt, took my bic pen in hand

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I   wrote out the figures a one and four zeros

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  Went out and mailed it with a note to that man
[Chorus]
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I said   praise the Lord, I'm sendin' the money

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I surely want to be happy like you

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Praise the Lord, I'm sendin' the money

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If that's what Jesus wants me to do
[Verse 3]
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  I woke up late for work the next morning

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I   could not believe what I'd done

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Wrote a hot check to Jesus for ten thousand dollars

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And my bank account only held thirty-one
[Verse 4]
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I got a second job at a   gasoline station

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I'm   savin' me money to pay what I owe

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I don't get much sleep cause I   stay up late watchin'

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All of the folks on the Lord's TV show
[Chorus]
       G                     C           G
Sayin'   praise the Lord and send me the money

       G                       D
I'm so happy, you can be happy too

       G                   C           G
If you praise the Lord and send me the money

G                 D            G
That's what Jesus wants you to do
[Outro]
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Praise the Lord, I'm sendin' the money  (Hmmmm)