Family Bible Lyrics and Chords

Ernest Tubb

Written by Willie Nelson

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V VII vi

Verse 1

G                C            G
There's a family Bible on the table
Em                 A7      D7
Its pages torn and hard to read
        G      C            G
But the family Bible on the table
     C          G      G D7
Will ever be my key to memo-ries

Verse 2

              C                 G
At the end of day when work was over
Em                   A7       D7
And when the evening meal was done
          G          C               G
Dad would read to us from the family Bible
         C              G         D7     G
And we'd count our many blessings one by one

Verse 3

  C          F                 C
I can see us sitting round the table
                                     G
When from the family Bible dad would read
                         C      G
And I can hear my mother softly singing
             C       G    D7        G
Rock of ages rock of ages cleft for me

Verse 4

                       C          G
This old world of ours is full of trouble
Em                       A7          D7
But this old world would also better be
        G         C             G
If we'd find more Bibles on the tables
                    C       G    D7        G
And mothers singing rock of ages cleft for me

Verse 5

  C          F                 C
I can see us sitting round the table
                                     G
When from the family Bible dad would read
                         C      G
And I can hear my mother softly singing
             C       G    D7        G
Rock of ages rock of ages cleft for me