A Bible And A Bus Ticket Home by Collin Raye
Key: GG | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro      
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Verse 1
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Mamma's tears fell so easy        Daddy's handshake was strong. . .
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Then I climbed aboard that Greyhound     Eighteen and glad to be gone.
Verse 2
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Took a rented room on Broadway     As I unpacked everything I owned.
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I found a note my mamma left me     With a Bible and a bus ticket home.
Chorus
It Said,    [SPOKEN]
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One will get you where you're going    When you haven't got a prayer.
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And one will bring you back, son    If your dreams ain't waiting
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there. . .
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You're out on your own now   We won't be there to fall back on. . .
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But you know we're never farther      Than a Bible and a bus ticket
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home.
Verse 3
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The years have come and gone and taken   The only things in life I
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ever counted on. . .
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But I'm going back tomorrow     To lay flowers on their stone.
Verse 4
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I can almost hear my mamma calling      Saying, son come back where you
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belong. . .
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You've got all you need to get here    A Bible and a bus ticket home.
Chorus
It said,    [SPOKEN]
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One will get you where you're going   When you haven't got a prayer.
                       D   G/D   D
And one will bring you back, son    If your dreams ain't waiting
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there. . .
                   C                                   G
You're out on your own now   We won't be there to fall back on. . .
                         Am  G5/B  C                     D   
But you know we're never farther      Than a Bible and a bus ticket
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home.
Outro
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Boy, you know we're never farther. . .
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Than a Bible and a bus ticket home.