Deck Of Cards chords by Vaughn Monroe

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Intro 1

During the South Vietnam

Verse 1
campaign,
a group of soldiers
G 
returned to Saigon
D 
after weeks of heavy jungle
fighting.
The next day being Sunday,
some of the boys attended
church services.
E 
After the chaplain read the prayer,
Em 
the text was taken up.
A 
D 
Those of the boys who
had prayer books
took them out.
G 
D 
But one boy had only a deck of cards,
and he spread them out.
The sergeant in charge saw
G 
the cards
Em 
A 
and said, Soldier, put those cards away.
D 
G 
After services were over,
D 
the soldier was taken prisoner
G 
and brought before the provost marshal.
The marshal said, Sergeant,
C 
D 
why have you brought this man here?
Or playing cards in church, sir?
And what have you to say for yourself,
G 
son?
A 
Much, sir, the soldier replied.
D 
You see, sir,
G 
I have been in the jungles for six weeks,
D 
and I have neither Bible nor prayer book.
But I hope to satisfy you, sir,
Em 
A 
with the purity of my intentions.
D 
Bb 
You see, sir, when I look at the ace,
Eb 
it reminds me there is but one God
Ab 
and when I see the deuce,
Eb 
it reminds me that the Bible is
divided into two parts,
the Old and the New Testaments,
Cm 
and   when I see the three,
F 
Bb 
I think of the Father, the Son,
Gm 
Bb 
Eb 
and the Holy Ghost,
Bb 
an  d when I see the four,
Eb 
Ab 
Eb 
I think of the four evangelists
who preached the gospel,
Ab 
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Fm 
Bb 
An  d when I see the five,
Eb 
Ab 
it  reminds me of the five
wise virgins
Eb 
who trimmed their lamps.
Ab 
There were ten of them.
Five are wise and were saved.
Db 
Eb 
Five were foolish an
d were shut out.
And when I see the six,
it reminds me that in six days
God made this great
Ab 
heaven and earth.
Bb 
And when I see the seven,
Eb 
it reminds me that on the seventh day,
God rested.
Ab 
Eb 
And when I see the eight,
I think of the eight righteous
persons
Bb 
Eb 
God saved when he destroyed the world.
Cm 
Fm 
Bb 
Eb 
Noah, his wife, their three sons,
and their wives.
B 
And when I see the nine,
E 
I think of the lepers our Savior cleansed,
B 
and nine of the 10 didn't even thank him.
E 
B 
When I see the 10,
E 
I  think of the 10
commandments
God handed to Moses on the
Gb 
tablet of stone.
Gbm 
And when I see the King,
B 
E 
it reminds me once again
there is but one King of Heaven,
A 
E 
God Almighty.
And when I see the Queen,
A 
I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Gbm 
who is Queen of Heaven.
B 
E 
A 
And the Jack is the devil.
E 
And when I count the
number of spots
A 
on a deck of cards,
I find 365,
D 
E 
the number of days in a year.
There are 52 cards,
the number of weeks in a year.
There are 13 tricks,
A 
D 
the number of weeks in a quarter.
B 
There are four suits,
E 
the number of weeks in a month.
A 
There are 12 picture cards,
E 
the number of months in a year.
B 
So you see, sir,
E 
my deck of cards
has served me
B 
E 
as a Bible, almanac,
A 
E 
Dbm 
E 
and prayer book.
E 
Gbm 
And friends, this story is true,
B 
because I  knew that soldier.