Misc Your Songs - Chris minton - bible belt blues

^DProhibition ended in 1933 ^DThe religious crowd will tell you that’s not how it oughta be ^GSo I gotta do some driving if I want a case of beer ^DCuz Beelzebub will take us should we ever sell it here ^A7Citizens united against 12 ounce cans of booze ^GI need a shot of whiskey to cure^A7 me off these bi^Gble belt blues ^D

^DIn the book of genesis, Adam walked with Eve ^DBut the times they have been changing, now sometimes he walks with Steve ^GThere’s never been a thing wrong with saying how he felt ^DUnless he felt THAT way, then he should’ve kept it to himself ^A7It ain’t about the choices as much as what you choose ^GAdam needs a man to hold him, an^A7d cure him from ^Gthese bible belt blues ^D

^GBible Belt blues they won't go away ^DWhen progress means moving further backward by the day ^GTell the politicians and their constituents ^A7To loosen up the buckle and have a little sense

^DUsed to be a man could work to satisfy his greed ^DBut then came those damn hippies smoking all their weed ^GThey tell me it cures cancer, but I ain’t buying that ^DNow take me to the drugstore for some hydrocodone, stat ^A7I’d rather have what god above put here for us to use ^GIf they see you with that green,^A7 they’re gonna c^Gharge you with the bible^D belt blues

^GBible Belt blues they won't go away ^DWhen progress means moving further backward by the day ^GTell the politicians and their constituents ^A7To loosen up the buckle and have a little sense

^DGuns and gays and alcohol and drugs and politics ^DFear and sin and Mexicans it’s enough to make you sick ^GBetter toe that party line, boy, don’t be thinking for yourself ^DAnd don't you even dare to think of helping someone else ^A7Too bad if they can’t make it here, they’ve gotta pay their dues ^GCause boy there ain’t no yellow ^A7in them red whit^Ge and bible belt blues ^D

I^Df you buy whiskey from an immigrant ^DWho smokes marijuana with a gay man ^GYou best believe they’re gonna give you ^A7A bad case of th^Ge bible belt blues ^D