Chords for Southern Gospel Music - A Bible and A Bus Ticket Home

This program features hand [B]-clappin', foot-stompin', down-south [B] gospel music.
But anyway, moving right along here, we're gonna have our good friends Bob and Nola Wills from Longview, Washington,
come up here again and sing another song.
I don't think Bob wrote this particular one,
but, like I said, they do have a cowboy church in Longview, Kelsur-Erie, the second Saturday night of the month.
Two hours of some of the best country gospel music you'll find anyplace.
If you get a hold of us, we'll tell you how to find that church, okay?
I think it's on 19th Street.
But anyway, right now, Bob and Nola Corpin sing a Bible and a bus ticket.
Boy, what a song, so enjoy.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Mama's tears fell so easy _ _ _ Daddy's [F] handshake was strong
I _ climbed aboard [G] that old Greyhound _ _ Eighteen and glad [C] to be gone
_ _ _ Took a rented room on Broadway _ _ _ Unpacked everything [F] I'd ever owned
_ _ _ Found a note my [G] mama left me _ With a Bible and a bus [C] ticket home
_ _ One will get you where [F] you're going _ When you [C] haven't got a prayer
_ _ And one will [G] bring you a bagful _ If your dreams ain't [C] waiting there
_ _ _ You're out [F] on your own now _ We won't be there to [C] fall back on
_ _ _ Son, you're [A] never farther [F] than _ [G] a Bible and a bus ticket _ home
_ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ Years have come and gone and taken The only thing in life I ever [F] counted on _ _
_ But I'm going [G] home tomorrow Put some flowers on [C] their stone
Can _ _ almost hear my mama calling Son, _ come on back where [F] you belong _ _
_ You've got all you [G] need to get here _ _ With a Bible and a bus ticket [F] home
_ [C] _
One will get you where [F] you're going When you [C] haven't got a prayer _ _ _
_ And one will [G] bring you a bagful If your dreams ain't [C] waiting there _ _
You're out on [F] your own now We won't be there to fall [C] back on _
But son, you're [A] never [Em] farther _ [F] than [G] a Bible and a bus ticket [C] home _ _
No, son, [B] you're never _ farther [F] _
_ than a Bible and a bus [C] ticket [F] home
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Dear Willie and Billy, this is Sunday evening and I am watching your program, Strolling Down Memory Lane, from Vancouver, Washington.
I go to Fourth Plain Church and have seen you there.
Willie, I'm truly praying for you.
Your faith in God and your smile through it all thrills me.
Billy, I enjoyed the song that you sang, Battle Hymn of the Aged.
God bless you both so much and take care.
Love in Christ, Marilyn.
Thank you, Marilyn, for writing to us. _ _ _ _ _ _ _