Hayes Carll – Jesus And Elvis (Guitar)

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Chords

Capo on 1st Fret [Chorus]
G                         C            D                       G
Jesus and Elvis painted on velvet hanging at the bar here every night

                                         C
It’s good to be back again oh, me and my old friends

        D                                    G
Beneath a neon cross and a string of Christmas lights
[Verse]
C                       G           C                                  D
Lola built this joint in ’67 and her boy went off to fight on Christmas Eve

        Am                 G           Em
In a war nobody won, she lost her only son

     A                             D
Now everything he loved is what you see

G                          C     D                              G
Jesus and Elvis painted on velvet hanging at the bar here every night
{Solo} G C D G G C D G C [Verse]
C                           G
Lola told him Jesus loves a sinner

      C                             D
And his daddy ttold him music saved his soul

            Am                               G             Em
Between the drunkards and the band, it’s a fittin’ promised land

       A                                      D
For the King of Kings and the king of Rock n’ Roll
[Chorus]
G                          C           D                        G
Jesus and Elvis painted on velvet hanging at the bar here every night

                                         C
It’s good to be back again oh, me and my old friends

       D                                     G
Beneath a neon cross and a string of Christmas lights

                                         C
It’s good to be back again oh, me and my old friends

       D                                     G
Beneath a neon cross and a string of Christmas lights

      D                G
By and by Lord. By and by

      D                G
By and by Lord. By and by
[Verse]
         C                           G
So if you need a shot of Dickel or redemption

           C                     D
Where the delta meets the Sea of Galilee

    Am                           G         Em
Get washed in the Blood of the Mississippi mud

A                                    D
Come all you Non-believers and you’ll see