Collin Raye - A bible and a bus ticket home

Mamma's tears fell so ^G5/Beasy ^{C G} Daddy's handshake was ^Cstrong. . . Then I climbed aboard that ^DGrey^G/Dhound ^D Eighteen and glad to be ^Ggone.^D

Took a rented room on ^G5/BBroadw^Cay ^G As I unpacked everything I ^Cowned. I found a note my mamma ^Dlef^G/Dt me ^D With a Bible and a bus ticket ^Ghome.

One will get you where you're ^Cgoing When you haven't got a ^Gprayer. And one will bring you ^Dbac^G/Dk, so^Dn If your dreams ain't waiting ^Gthere. . . You're out on your ^Cown now We won't be there to fall ^Gback on. . . But you know we're never ^Amfart^G5/Bher ^C Than a Bible and a ^Dbus ticket ^Ghome.^{C/G G D}

The years have come and gone and ^G5/Btaken ^C The^G only things in life I ever counted ^Con. . . But I'm going back to^Dmor^G/Drow ^D To lay flowers on their ^Gstone. ^D

I can almost hear my mamma ^G5/Bcallin^Cg ^G Saying, son come back where you ^Cbelong. . . You've got all you need to ^Dget^G/D here^D A Bible and a bus ticket ^Ghome.

One will get you where you're ^Cgoing When you haven't got a ^Gprayer. And one will bring you ^Dback^G/D, son ^D If your dreams ain't waiting ^Gthere. . . You're out on your ^Cown now We won't be there to fall ^Gback on. . . But you know we're never ^Amfart^G5/Bher ^C Than a Bible and a ^Dbus ticket ^Ghome.

Boy, you know we're never ^Amfart^G5/Bher. .^C . Than a Bible and a ^Dbus ticket ^Ghome.^{C/G G}