The Only Bible chords by Midsouth

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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The only
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Bible that my daddy owned
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lay beside his bed
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It was an heirloom handed down
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across a hundred yesterdays

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I never heard him read it much,

but I knew it had been read

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For the pages of the life he lived

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said more than words could say

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They said, son, love your brother

more than you love yourself

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Forgive as you would like

to be forgiven

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Verse 6

Make your life an example

for everyone to see,

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because you might be

the only Bible

another man ever reads.

Interlude 1

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Verse 8

Now lays beside my bed

a reminder of his legacy

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For he lived what he believed

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Today I am a thankful man

for the kind of life he led

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For though he's gone

he still lives on

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When his memory talks to me

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Saying son, love your brother

more than you love yourself

and forgive as you would like

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to be forgiven.

Make your life an ex

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ample

for everyone to see,

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because you might be the only Bible

another man ever reads.

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And when my boy becomes a man,

I hope that he will see

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the kind of life my Father lived,

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speaking truth through me.

Saying, Son, love your brother

more than you love yourself.

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Forgive as you would like

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to be forgiven.

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Make your life an example

for everyone to see,

Verse 21
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because you might be
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the only Bible
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another man ever read.
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You might be the only Bible
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another man ever reads.
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