God's Own Singer
J.D. Crowe
Written by Bernie Leadon
Key of G · Chords: I II IV V VII
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
C G7 C G7 F Straight backed chair and a table where he sits when he's able D7 C G7 To walk over from a bed of misery to record from his thoughts D7 C A7 On a worn out table cloth where he'd been while D7 His mind rest sleeplessly
Verse 2
C G7 F Though his body’s bent with age you know he's still out on that stage D7 C Entertaining all his friends that pause to greet him at the door G7 D7 C Forty-nine years out on the road many nights he'd saved a soul A7 D7 Now he sits and waits to claim his own reward
Verse 3
G7 C G7 God's own singer of songs is going home A7 D7 Though he's poor he might be the richest one you’ve known G7 C D7 But through his pain and misery wash his soul and cleans him clean G7 C G7 God's own singer of songs is going home
Verse 4
C G7 D7 C Forty-nine years out on the road many nights he'd saved a soul A7 D7 Now he sits and waits to claim his own reward G7 C G7 God's own singer of songs is going home A7 D7 Though he's poor he might be the richest one you’ve known G7 C D7 Through his pain and misery wash his soul and cleans him clean G7 C G7 God's own singer of songs is going home
Verse 5
C G7 C D7 A7
God's own singer of songs is going h-o-m-e