Key: C
Introduction: C
C
Yeah cigarettes taste good to me
C
But the body is a temple I read so I
G C
I ain't messin' with Jesus
C
I love drivin' fast down a country road
C
But a voice in my head says take it slow
G C
So I, I ain't messin' with Jesus
C
I wanna keep him on my good side
C
Keep him on my bad side a little less of the time
F
I never plan on being perfect
F
I'm a back slidin' serpent of a man most of the time
G
But I walk the line
G F
Until I get to the other side
C
No I ain't messin' with Jesus
VERSE
C
Yeah, I got a dark side and I try to live right
C
So I stay up late and I pray all night
G C
Cause I, I ain't messin' with Jesus
C
Yeah I wanna do wrong in the middle of right
C
I wanna get drunk and have a good fight
G C
But I, I ain't messin' with Jesus, nah
C
I wanna keep him on my good side
C
Keep him on my bad side a little less of the time
F
I never plan on being perfect
F
I'm a back slidin' serpent of a man most of the time
G
But I walk the line
G F
Until I get to the other side
C
No I ain't messin' with Jesus
Instrumental
C F
BRIDGE
C
Everything we do
C
You know he's gonna see us
F
So I don't mess with Jesus, nah
C
Everything we do
C
You know he's gonna see us
F
So I ain't messin' with Jesus
C
Hallelujah
C
I wanna keep him on my good side
C
Keep him on my bad side a little less of the time
F
I never plan on being perfect
F
I'm a back slidin' serpent of a man most of the time
G
But I walk the line
F
Until I get to the other side
C
No I ain't messin' with Jesus
C
I wanna keep him on my good side
C
Keep him on my bad side a little less of the time
F
I never plan on being perfect
F
I'm a back slidin' serpent of a man most of the time
G
But I walk the line
F
Until I get to the other side
C
No I ain't messin' with Jesus
INTRO RIFF
C
No I ain't messin' with Jesus
OUTRO RIFF SAME AS INTO