Chords for billy joe shaver - you just can't beat Jesus Christ

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_ _ _ _ We've been over the water several times.
_ _ This is my boy back here, Eddie. _ _ _ _ _ _
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He _ _ hasn't played [N] yet. _
_ _ _ _ _ But _ _ _ we get around a lot. _ _
I was on a bus one time and somebody sneezed.
_ It was out in California. _
I said, God bless you.
And they kind of got ruffled up about it.
_ _ _ I _ _ _ said, okay, may the God of your choice bless you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And _ I'd like to say today that I _ _ _ love the Lord Jesus Christ.
And that's where I'm at.
_ I mean, _ everybody's_
You know, you can do your own thing, but that's what I do.
_ I'm a sinner big time. _ _
It's a pretty good deal, actually.
It ain't bad.
I go for that.
_ _ _ _ You notice they're not talking to either one of the three of us? _ _ _
They're real quiet.
They ain't looked at us once. _ _
They're kind of looking at their feet and stuff.
I don't believe that.
We ain't lost our salt, [B] though.
We're [E] still pretty salty. _
Still pretty salty, yeah.
It's a good thing I love you.
_ _ _ Let's see, you can't beat Jesus Christ.
He's the one who made us all number two. _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, that's true.
Then you don't have to [N] compete, you see.
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_ _ _ _ _ He was born to be known as _ everybody's brother.
_ He is the father's son and Mary is his mother.
_ He is, [A] excuse my slang, well, _ _ _ _ a compound country kind of [E] guy.
Yes, he is. _ _ _ _
[B] Ain't no way to get around it.
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You just can't beat [E] Jesus Christ.
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used _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to crank and drank until my back was to the [Em] floor.
[E] I take it to the limit and I try to get some more, [G] yeah, [A] when it came to [Am] gambling.
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That Lord got no right to [E] roll them dice.
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Ain't no [B] two ways about it.
[A] I have been saved by [E] Jesus Christ.
Yes, I have.
Praise the Lord, get to heart. _ _ _ _ _ _
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All right, listen to me. _ _ _ _ _
_ Even though I am a sinner, he will [D] [E] always be my friend.
Well, he starts in the middle and he does not have an end.
And when [A] my soul was held for ransom, _ _ _ _ _ yeah, he is the one who paid [E] the price.
Yes, he did. _ _ _
_ _ [A] Ain't no [B] reason to deny [G] it.
[D] [A] I owe it all to [E] Jesus Christ.
Yes, I do.
God bless you. _ _ _
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