Barbed Wire Halo Chords by Aaron Watson

It's called Barbed Wire Halo. _ _
_ [F#] _ [D] _ _ [A] It's _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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[Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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called Barbed Wire Halo.
Well God [A] bless Texas
[F#m] At [E] Deacon [A] Shackleford
He read [D] the Bible [A] seven times
And [Am] he believed [A] every word
[D] That old beat up [Am] leather book
[D] Had been through [Am] it all
He'd [D] sit on [A] the back pew
So [E] he could chew [Am] ham
But y'all singin' amazing _ _ grace
How sweet the sound
Of that saved a wretch [D] like me
_ _ He carried candy [A] for the kids
[D] And his Sunday dress [A] coat
He'd take [D] me fishin' after [A] church
And taught [D] me things I needed [A] to know
[C#m] Now [D] Deacon didn't have a [A] family
[D] Lord knows [A] he wished he did
He told [D] the whole _ [A] congregation
[E] That I was his [A] grandkid
[Bm] [A] And today [Bm] he joined up [A] with Jesus
[E] Wearing shiny [A] pearl [Bm] slaps
[A] We [Bm] sang a few gospel [A] hymns
And [E] now the soldier played tax
I [Bm] bet he's walkin' [A] with Pete
Down a [E]
street paved [F#m] with gold
[D] Showin' off his [A] brand spankin' in [E] the wings
And his barbed [D] wire halo
[Bm] _ [A] _ Hey [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ Mary swayed _ ambergris
[D] Before the [A] war was through
[D] She held his [A] right arm
Next [D] to his anchor [A] tattoo
He was [D] on a ship off [A] at sea
When [D] she died in [A] childbirth
[D] He lost his [A] whole world
From [E] the far [A] side of the earth
And he [D] lost his [A] will to love
[D] He lost his [A] will to live
Until [D] he [A] met a man
Who [D] taught him to [A] forgive
Yeah [D] life took him to [A] hail him back
To [D] hail him back a [A] time or two
But [D] in the end he [A] beat the devil
Until [E]
he was [A] black and blue
[D] Singin' I once [A] was lost _
[D] But now [A] I'm found
[D] I once was blind
[E] But now [D] I see
_ And [Bm] today he joined up [A] with Jesus
[E] Wearing shiny [A] pearl [Bm] slaps
[A] We [Bm] sang a few gospel [A] hymns
And [E] now the soldier played tax
I [D] bet he's [Bm] walkin' [A] with Pete
Down [E] a street paved [F#m] with gold
[D] Showin' off his [A] brand
Splankin' in [E] the wings
And his barbed wire [Bm]
halo
_ [A] _ Before [E] _
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_ _ _ _ [D] he [Bm] went
He [A] made me promise him
[E] That I [A] wouldn't [Bm] cry
[C#m] And [Bm] though I told him
[A] That I wouldn't
You know I [E] couldn't help [A] but [Bm] lie
[A] Cause [Bm] today he joined up [A] with Jesus
[E] Wearing shiny [A] pearl [Bm] slaps
[A] We [D] sang a [Bm] few [A] gospel hymns
And [E] now the soldier played tax
I [Bm] bet he's walkin' [A] with Pete
Down [E] a street paved [F#m] with gold
[D] And sure as [A] the old church
Fell [E] still rain
_ _ He [D] always said he [A] had country
[D] In his soul
_ He's showin' off his [A] brand
Splankin' [E] in the wings
And his barbed [D] wire halo [A] _ _ [D] Sweet _ _ _ [A] chariot
[D] Come and [A] put your carry [E] me on
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Swing [A] low _ [D] Sweet _ _ [A] chariot
[E] _ _
[D] Come and [E] put your carry me _ [F#] [Dm] on
[E] That goes out to Empire's [A] Granddaddies
God bless you _ _ _ _
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