The Rock of My Soul chords by Rodney Crowell

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) The rock of my soul went
to church on Sunday
Em 
The  (E minor) rock of my soul went to
G 
work on Monday  (G major) 
Clean across the levy by
the railroad tracks
Em 
The  (E minor) other side of Houston in
a two room shack
C 
Sweeping  (C major) out confetti from
a third grade classroom
Em 
The  (E minor) rock of my soul pushed

Verse 2
a dust mop broom
Em 
 (E minor) 
G 
 (G major) The rock of my soul
didn't have much luck
Em 
He  (E minor) came to town grinnin'
on a flat bed truck
G 
 (G major) The rock of my soul didn't
have much charm
Em 
With the lack  (E minor) of education
on a red dirt farm
C 
And he was  (C major) fond of disappearing
on an eight day drunk
Em 
Coming  (E minor) home smelling like
a low down skunk

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Verse 3

And he said

I do like I say

Not like I do and you might

make me proud

Another Houston Kid

On a downhill skid for crying out loud

Verse 4
I'm a first hand witness
to an age old crime
Em 
A man  (E minor) who hits a woman isn't
G 
worth a dime  (G major) 
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 years old
Em 
That's  (E minor) what I remember about
the rock of my soul
C 
I told  (C major) him I would kill him if he did not stop it
Em 
But the  (E minor) rock of my soul

Verse 5
just would not drop it
F 
 (F major) 
Em 
I learned to lie like dirt  (E minor) 
F 
I could steal your shirt and  (F major) 
G 
F 
talk with a gun (G major)  (F major) 
Em 
Another Houston Kid  (E minor) 
F 
On a downhill skid like  (F major) father like son

Interlude 1

Verse 6
G 
Now  (G major) I  got out of prison
'bout a year ago
Em 
Sev (E minor) en long years really
C 
Em 
went by slow  (C major)  (E minor) 
G 
 (G major) I didn't kill my daddy
but my momma tried
Em 
She shot  (E minor) him with a pistol
and he like to a died
C 
I'm  (C major) on probation living straight and true
Em 
And there's  (E minor) every indication
that the past is through

Verse 7

That's all I know

Outro 1
'Bout the rock of my soul
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Em 
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Em 
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