Barbed Wire Halo Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][G]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Well God bless [G]Texas
and [C]Akin Shackle[G]ford
He read the [C]bible seven [G]times
And he be[C]lieved every [G]word
That old [C]beat up leather [G]book
Had [C]been thorough it [G]all
He sat [C]on the back [G]pew
So he could [D]chew him a [G]chaw
Singing [C]Amazing [G]grace
[C]How sweet the [G]sound
That [C]saved a [D]wretch like [C]me

[Pre-chorus 1]
He carried [C]candy for the [G]kids
In his [C]Sunday dress [G]coat
He'd take me [C]fishing after [G]church
And taught me [C]things I needed to [G]know
Naw deacon [C]didn't have a [G]family
Lord [C]knows he wished he [G]did
He told the [C]whole congre[G]gation
That I [D]was his grand[G]kid

[Chorus 1]
And today he [Am]joined up with [G]Jesus
Wearing [D]shiny pearl [G]snaps
We sang a [Am]few gospel h[G]ymns
And then the [D]soldier played taps
I bet he's [Am]walking with [G]Pete
Down a [D]street paved with [Em]gold
Showing [Am]off his brand [G]spanking new w[D]ings

[Interlude 1]
And his barbed wire ha
[C](lo)[G][C][G]

[Pre-chorus 2]
He married [C]sweet Emma [G]Grace
Be[C]fore the war was [G]through
She [C]held his right [G]arm
Next to his [Am]anchor tat[G]too
He was on a [C]ship off at [G]sea
When she [C]died in child [G]birth
He [C]lost his whole [G]world
From the [D]far side of the [G]earth

[Pre-chorus 3]
He [C]lost the will to [G]love
He [Am]lost his will to [G]live
Un[C]til he met a [G]man
Who taught [Am]him to forg[G]ive
Yeah, life [C]took him to hell and [G]back
To hell and [C]back a time or [G]two
But in the [C]end he beat the [G]devil
Until [D]he was black and [G]blue
Singing I- [C]I once was l[G]ost
[C]But now I'm [G]found
I was [C]blind
But now I [C]see

[Chorus 2]
And today he [Am]joined up with [G]Jesus
Wearing [D]shiny pearl [G]snaps
We sang a [Am]few gospel h[G]ymns
And then the [D]soldier played taps
I bet he's [Am]walking with [G]Pete
Down a [D]street paved with [Em]gold
Showing [Am]off his brand [G]spanking new w[D]ings
And his barbed wire ha[C]lo

[Bridge 1]
Before he [Am]went he made me [G]promise him
That [D]I wouldn't c[G]ry
And tho' I [Am]told him that I [G]wouldn't
You know I [D]couldn't help but [G]lie

[Chorus 3]
He [Am]joined up with [G]Jesus
Wearing [D]shiny pearl [G]snaps
We sang a [Am]few gospel h[G]ymns
And then the [D]soldier played taps
I bet he's [Am]walking with [G]Pete
Down a [D]street paved with [Em]gold
As [Am]sure as the old [G]church bell still [D]rings
He always [Am]said he had [G]country in [C]his soul
He's showing off
his brand [G]spanking new [D]wings

[Outro 1]
And his barbed wire ha
[C](lo)[G]
Sweet [C]chari[G]ot
[C]Coming forth to [D]carry me [G]home