You Need God chords by Scott Underwood

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Verse 1
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 (E minor) I was  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 
born and raised
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in a southern  (C major) town
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where  (D major) God was a Sunday thing  (E minor) 
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We'd pile into the  (C major) old Chevrolet
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and  (D major) Ma would make us sing
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 (E minor) We'd travel all day
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to the  (C major) only church
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I  (D major) swear I'd ever seen  (E minor) 
We'd sit up straight and listen
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 (C major) to the  (D major) preacher yell and
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scream  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 
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Life was hard in this min (C major) er's town,
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but we learned  (D major) to reap the cold  (E minor) 
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Pa was home when the sun  (C major) was down,
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and the  (D major) black dust made him  (A major) old
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And I  (E minor) worked as long as
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I thought  (C major) I  should,
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went to  (D major) school when I was told  (E minor) 
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Most nights after din (C major) ner,
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Pa would tell  (D major) us what we should know  (A major) 
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He'd say,  (E minor) you need God,  (C major) 
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 (D major) you need His Son
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 (E minor) Life's too short,  (C major)  (D major) and  hell ain't no fun  (A major) 
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You  (E minor) need God,  (C major)  (D major) you need His Son  (E minor) 
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You can't go back  (C major) when your  (D major) days
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are done  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (E minor) 
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School and I never got  (C major) along,
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so I  (D major) quit while I was young (E minor) 
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Went to work from dusk  (C major) to dawn,
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just  (D major) like my daddy done  (A major) 
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And I  (E minor) spent my money
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on what  (C major) I  pleased,
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doing  (D major) what I thought was fun
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 (E minor) But I never seemed to forget
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 (C major) the words my  (D major) papa told his son  (A major) 
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He'd say,  (E minor) you need God,  (C major) 
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 (D major) you need his son  (E minor) 
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Life's too short,  (C major) hell  (D major) ain't no fun  (A major) 
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You  (E minor) need God,  (C major)  (D major) you need His Son  (E minor) 
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Cause you can't go back (C major) 
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when your  (D major) days are done
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 (E minor) Can't go back  (C major) when your  (D major) days
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are done  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major)  (Asus4)  (C major)  (D major) 
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Time's  (E minor) got tough for the  (C major) family,
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 (D major) Daddy done passed away
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 (E minor) He breathed more dust than
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 (C major) there had seemed,
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he was  (D major) only 43  (A major) 
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And we  (E minor) buried him next
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to the  (C major) only church I swear  (D major) I'd ever seen  (E minor) 
And I cried all night
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as my  (C major) papa's words
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kept  (D major) coming back to me  (A major) 
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He'd say,  (E minor) you need God,  (C major) 
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 (D major) you need His Son
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 (E minor) Life's too short,  (C major)  (D major) and  hell ain't no fun  (A major) 
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 (E minor) You need  (C major) God,  (D major) you need His Son  (E minor) 
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Can't go back  (C major) when your  (D major) days are done
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 (E minor) Can't go back  (C major) when your  (D major) days are done
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 (E minor) Can't go back  (C major) when your  (D major) days are done  (E minor) 
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I was born and raised in a south (C major) ern town
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But  (D major) God was a  (E minor) Sunday thing
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We'd pile into the old  (C major) Chevrolet
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And  (D major) Ma would make us sing
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 (A major) We'd  (E minor) travel all day
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to the  (C major) only church
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I  (D major) swear I'd ever seen
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 (E minor) We'd sit up straight in the sun
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 (C major) To the  (D major) preacher yell and scream  (A major) 
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He'd say,  (E minor) you need  (C major) God
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 (D major) You need His  (A major) Son  (B major)  (A major) 
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