Wisdom and Knowledge chords by Hank Locklin

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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D 
Wisdom and know
G 
ledge I squandered,
C 
G 
Patience I threw to the wind.
C 
G 
The voice of gladness had vanished,
D 
My soul was drifting in sin.
G 
D 
G 
Stranded in the furnace of affliction,
C 
G 
Transgression had taken its toll.
C 
G 
Rebellion was holding me captive,
D 
G 
my life was out of control
C 
Wisdom and knowledge
G 
I squandered,
D 
searching for pleasures I
C 
G 
never could find
C 
G 
Laden with every temptation
D 
that Satan could put in my mind
G 
D 
G 
Livin' in ruins of destruction,
C 
G 
wages of sin was my pay
C 
G 
He pulled me from the pit of corruption,
D 
I'm walkin' on the king's highway
G 
Ab 
C# 
Ab 
Wisdom and
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Ab 
knowledge I squandered
C# 
My conscience I threw in the sand
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C# 
Ab 
I followed the pathway of evil
Surrounded by Satan's command
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Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
My Lord in all His mercy
C# 
Ab 
He answered before I called
C# 
Ab 
My sins are all forgiven,
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Ab 
My Jesus, His Son, paid it all.
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Wisdom and knowledge
Ab 
I squandered,
Eb 
Searching for pleasures
C# 
Ab 
I never could find,
C# 
Ab 
Laden with every temptation
Eb 
that Satan could put in my mind
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
Living in ruins of destruction,
C# 
Ab 
wages of sin was my pay
C# 
Ab 
He pulled me from the pit of corruption
Eb 
I'm walkin' on the King's Highway
Ab 
Eb 
I'm walkin' on the King's Highway