Deck of Cards - Don Williams Chords

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] During World War [Bb] II, a group of soldiers had been on a long patrol.
They arrived in a small
town called Casino.
The next day, being [F] Sunday, some of the boys went to church.
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After the
padre had read the prayer, the [F] text was taken up.
The soldiers who [Bb] had prayer books took them up.
But one boy, a young private, produced a deck of [Eb] cards, [Bb] and he spread them out in front of him.
[F] The [Bb] sergeant in charge saw the cards and said, Soldier, put away those cards.
_ _ After the service,
the soldier was put [Eb] under arrest [Bb] and brought before the commanding officer.
[F] The CO [Bb] said,
Sergeant, [F] [Bb] why have you brought this [F] man here?
[Bb] For playing cards in church, sir.
Sorry.
[Eb] [Bb] The officer looked at the soldier and [Eb] said, [Bb] I hope you have an explanation.
If not,
I will punish you more than any soldier has ever been punished.
Now, what have you got to say? _
[Eb] And so the boy [Bb] began his story. _ _ _
_ Sir, _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ I've been on the [C] march for six days. _
_ [Eb] I had no Bible and no [Ab] prayer book, but I had these cards.
[Bb] _ _ You see, [Eb] sir, when I look at the ace,
it reminds me there is but one God. _
When [Ab] I see the deuce, [Eb] it [Ab] reminds me the Bible is divided into two
[Eb] parts, _ the Old [Fm] and the New Testaments.
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_ [Eb] When I see [F] the tray, _ [Bb] I think of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost.
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Sir, [Bb] when I see the four, I [Cm] think of the four great disciples who preached
the [Eb] gospel.
They were Matthew, [Ab] Mark, Luke, [C] and John.
_ _ [Fm] _ The five reminds me of the five wise virgins
who turned their [Bb] lamps.
Five were wise and were [Eb] saved.
[Bb] Five were foolish [Eb] and were cast out.
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_ [Cm] _ [Ab] When I see the six, I know [Eb] that in six days God made this [Bb] great heaven and earth.
_ [Eb] And the seven brings to mind on the seventh day he rested and called it holy.
_ _ _ [Bb] When I [Bm] look at the
eight, [Cm] _
I think of the righteous [Eb] persons God saved when he destroyed [Ab] this earth.
There was Noah,
[Bb] his wife, _ [Eb] _ their three sons, and their wives.
_ _ _ And when I see the nine, [Ab] I think of the lepers
our [Eb] Savior cleansed.
[Ab] _ And nine of the ten didn't [Eb] even thank him.
_ _ [Fm] I [Bb] look at the ten,
[Eb] and I [F] think of the ten commandments God handed to [Bb] Moses on the table of stone.
The king tells me [Eb] once again there is but one King of heaven, God Almighty.
[Bb] And [B] the queen,
[Cm] our blessed Virgin Mary, [Eb] the queen of heaven.
[Ab] The jack or knave is the [C] devil.
When I count the
number of [Fm] spots on my deck of cards, I find 365, [Bb] the number of days in a year.
[Eb] There are 52 [Bb] cards,
[Eb] the number of weeks in a year.
[Bb] _
[Cm] There are four suits, [Ab] the number of weeks [Eb] in a month.
And there are 12 [Bb] picture cards, the number of months in [Eb] a year.
So you see, sir, my [Bb] deck of
cards has served me [Eb] as a Bible, an almanac, and a prayer [Bb] book.
[Cm] The charge against the [Ab] soldier was [Eb] dismissed.
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] Folks, this is a true story, because I knew that young soldier. _ _
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