The Conversion Of Ronnie Jones chords and lyrics - MERLE HAGGARD, THE STRANGERS

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[Verse 1]
[D]Ronnie Jones
Ronnie Jones decided to settle down
So he married Annie [G]Birch
Now [A]An nie hadn't been
around too much
She mostly only went [D]to church
Right away she started in insisting
that he come on up [G]and join
He [A]said I'll tell you what I'll
do to settle this
but I told God I'll flip a [D]coin
Preacher used some fancy words
that Ronnie tried his best
to under[G]stand
Cause [A]he loved his little Annie
and for her he wanted to be a better [D]man
But of all the things they told him,
it seemed that he remembered only [G]one
He [A]said, I guess I'll have to go up there
and tell them everything I've [D]done
The Sunday meeting just took up
and Ronnie stood outside
half scared to [G]death
Dread[A]ing what he had
to do in there
and trying hard to get [D]his breath
There didn't seem to be much use
to put off what he had to do no [G]more
So he [A]backed way up and took a run
and bolted through the double
lobby [D]door[E][D][E]
And his eyes began to overflow
with tears of joy at what she [A]saw
The [B]preacher took him by the hand
And said, Bless you, my boy, and tell [E]it all
While every head was bowed in prayer
Some women slipped
outside as if to [A]pray
Fear[B]ing what the spirit
might cause Ronnie
And his circumstance to [E]say
All their fears were justified
The sinful life became an open [A]book
[B]Names like Doris Cunningham
and Wanda Webb
and even Marlene [E]Cook
Another kind of fire began to burn down
in the depths of Annie's [A]soul
She [B]turned on Ron and
used some words
nobody had ever heard her
say be[E]fore
Sometimes we know not what we pray for you