Scotty McCreery – That Old King James (Guitar)

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From The Album: Clear as Day D Bm G A
D                            Bm
Preacher gave it to him when he was eight,

                    F#m                         G
That Sunday morning he got saved in that little church

D                      Bm 
Grandaddy totted it to Bible school

                   F#m
I bet back then it looked brand new,

            G             Em
not a faded word, now the cover's torn

        G                      D
and the leather's worn on that Old King James

   Bm
He took it with him overseas

F#m
England, France and Germany

G                            D
Right there in the middle of hell

Bm
Said he read it every night

   F#m
He swore that it saved his life

    Em                               A
His only hope when there was no hope left

            G   A    D
Was in that Old King James
D Bm G
D                              Bm
Passed it down to Momma on the day he died

                  F#m                             G
Sat there for the longest time just gathering the dust

         D                                  Bm                                     
But when life would take a sharp turn every now and then

                         F#m                              G
And she would just start missing him, I'd see her pick it up

        Em
Now the cover's torn

        G                      D
and the leather's worn on that Old King James

       Bm 
You'll find on every other page

F#m
Yellow lines or tear drop stains

G                          D
Every chapter of that good book

             Bm
Been through cancer, war and crazy kids

F#m
All the stupid things I did

Em                          A
I may never know the toll I took on her

         G   A    D
And that Old King James
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D                      Bm
Yeah I'm the one who's got it now

                             F#m
She said read it when you're feeling down

                    G
And I said, "Yes Ma'am"

        Em
Now the cover's torn

        G                      D
And the leather's worn on that Old King James
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