Key: A
Introduction:
G
No doubt the prayers of my mother
Em D
Have taken me aways down the line,
C G
And I'd swear the life of my sister,
D
Well she's brighter than the sun when she shines.
G
And I have been baptised in water,
Em D
I have been baptised in fire
C G
And I've knelt with both hands on the altar
D C G
And I've even sang in the choir.
Em C G
There've been forks in the road when I've had to choose...
D C D G
I pray He'll forgive me for singin' the backslider blues.
C G
- Yeah the backslider blues ain't a hard song to sing.
Em C G D
You know right from wrong, you just don't do a thing.
C G
Stand there alone, feelin' battered and bruised,
Em D C
Singin' the backslider blues. -
G
From the stained glass light of the chapel,
Em D
To the neon haze of the bar.
C G
From the wine of holy communion,
D
To the liqour that's left me the scars.
G
From the Bible that sets on my dresser,
Em D
To the clothes strung all 'cross the floor.
C G
From the prayers from my friends when they need me,
D C G
To the times that I've ran out the door.
Em C G
Been taken by surprise by some women and rouge,
D C D G
And I pray He'll forgive me for singin' the backslider blues.
G
And I hope that we can all make it
Em D
To the place where true freedom rings
C G
And I pray that they have us some guitars
D
So we can walk through the red buds and sing.
G
Never know when you're out on life's highway,
Em D
Gabriel might pull up to you.
C G
He'll say "Child, climb in and ride shotgun
D C G
And we'll see what this big rig can do".
Em C G
There'll be nothin' more to say and nothin' left to lose.
D C D G
He'll have forgotten when we sang the backslider blues.
C G
- Yeah the backslider blues ain't a hard song to sing.
Em C G D
You know right from wrong, you just don't do a thing.
C G
Stand there alone, feelin' battered and bruised,
Em D C G D G
Singin' the backslider blues. I'm just singin' the backslider blues.