Verse 1
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Well that steel was cold and hard, when they slapped them on my wrist
E B
17 headed straight to jail, drunk on half a fifth
E A
Daddy drove down to the jailhouse, said I ain’t gonna bail you out
E B
Between these steel bars and mamma’s broken heart, here’s something you
A E
can think about
Chorus
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He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
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Got too much pride to lift his eyes up to heaven for a little help
E E B A
Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails
E B A E
The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
Verse
E A
I went to my best friend’s funeral, he left a wife and two young kids
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I guess his reasons for dying got bigger than his reason to live
E E B A
That preacher’s voice faded in the rain and tears that day
E B A E
Until all I heard were my daddy’s words as we gathered round to pray
Chorus
A E
He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
A B
Got too much pride to lift his eyes up to heaven for a little help
E E B A
Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails
E B A E
The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
Verse
E A
Back roads Sunday morning, I was hit with Amazing Grace
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I heard a story ‘bout a carpenter and tear rolled down my face
E E B A
I saw that cross and God’s only son with his hands nailed to the wood
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And I thought of the years that brought me here and I finally understood
Chorus
A E
He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
A B
The greatest gift that a man can give is dying for someone else
E E B A
Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails
E B A E
The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
E B A E
The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
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