Key: G
Introduction:
G D/F#
Just a girl born in Dixie, washed in the blood
Em C
And raised on the banks of the Mississippi mud
G D/F# C D/F#
She always had a thing about fallin' in love with a bad boy
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Yeah, they could see it all comin' but her daddy never dreamed
Em C
She'd grow up that fast, you know what I mean
G D/F# C D/F#
The way a girl gets when she turns seventeen, kinda crazy
G D/F#
She's a rebel child and a preacher's daughter
Em C
She was baptized in dirty water
G D/F# Em
Her mama cried the first time they caught her with me
C D/F#
They knew they couldn't stop her
G D/F#
She holds tight, me and the Bible
Em C
On the back seat of my motorcycle
G D/F# Em C
Left her daddy standin' there preachin' to the choir, you see
God love her
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She kissed her mama goodbye, said I'll be sure 'n phone ya
Em C
She called her from a truck stop in Tucson Arizona
G D/F# C D/F#
With Amazing Grace, we made California line
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And then my gypsy life started takin' its toll
Em Cm
And the fast lane got empty and out of control
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And just like an angel she saved my soul from the devil
G D/F#
She's a rebel child and a preacher's daughter
Em C
She was baptized in dirty water
G D/F# Em
Her mama cried the first time they caught her with me
C D/F#
They knew they couldn't stop her
G D/F#
She holds tight, me and the Bible
Em C
On the back seat of my motorcycle
G D/F# Em C
Left her daddy standin' there preachin' to the choir, you see
D/F# G D/F#
Now she holds tight to me and the Bible
Em C
On the back seat of my motorcycle
G D/F# Em C
Left her daddy standin' there preachin' to the choir, you see
God love her