Joey + Rory - A bible and a belt

They were ^Dboth made of leather, both ^Gblack and frayed and worn I was ^Dbrought up to respect them since the ^Aday that I was born ^DOne came here from England, it's been ^Ghanded down for years The ^Bmother one was ^Aordered from a ^Gcatalogue at ^DSears ^DOne my mama read to me that I was ^Gwell into my teens And I ^Dthought all the other one was for was to ^Ahold up daddy's jeans Till I ^Dtold a lie and learned, it had a^Gnother purpose too One b^Bmehind the shed, my ^Adaddy said, "This will ^Ghurt me more than you" ^D

'Cause one ^Ghad my daddy's name on it, the other said King ^DJames With ^Alove they taught us lessons, but we ^Gfeared them ^Aboth the same ^{D G}One led us to heaven and the ^Dother left a ^Gwelt But those ^Bmwere the days when ^Akids were raised ^Gwith a ^Abible and a belt

I re^Dmember when I was twelve, I stole a ^Gdime store comic book And how ^Dmama read what the scripture said to ^Atake back what I took When ^DI refused, my daddy grabbed my ^Garm and said "Come on" I needed ^Bmmore, he knew than ^Ajust Matthew, ^GMark, Luke and John ^D Well, some^Dtimes they made me cry, sometimes they ^Gmade me fightin' mad And I'd wish ^DI'd been raised without them like some ^Aother children had But ^Dnow I'm grown with kids of my own and I ^Gknow just how they felt You know, it^Bm seems to me what the ^Aworld still needs is a ^Gbible and a belt ^D

'Cause one ^Ahad my daddy's name on it, the other said King ^DJames With ^Alove they taught us lessons, we ^Gfeared them ^Aboth the same ^{D G}One led us to heaven and the ^Dother hurt like ^Ghell Those^Bm were the days when ^Akids were raised ^Gwith a ^Abible and a belt

^{D D} B ^{G A} bible^A --- and a belt ^{D D G G D D G A D}