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Raised In The Way Of The Lord

from 2014 - Party Til I Die by Bob Who and The Little Criminals

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Raised In The Way Of The Lord
01/17/11 - FtLd


I was raised by my poor ma and pa
With the good book always by their side
They were nothing but cruel
With their fists and a rule
That if you didn’t work hard you would starve
So I suffered their pain
And turned off my brain
I was raised in the way of the lord

And when I had barely turned ten
I was taken off to birmingham
I was sold on the street
To a man who could preach
For a week’s worth of hard tack and gin
I was used as he said
I was even used in his bed
I was raised in the way of the lord

And when I was just fifteen
One day after serving him tea
I crept up from behind
And shot him in the spine
With the pistol he used to whip me
Then I lit up his home
And burned him to the bone
I was raised in the way of the lord

I went down tacumseh way
Where I bought me a horse and a slave
With the money I got
From the people I shot
And left dead by the road with no grave
But first I’d read them some lines
From the good book in my mind
I was raised in the way of the lord

A slave will do as he’s told
He will murder for dirt or for gold
And with two extra hands
I earned more than I dreamed
And became rich before I became old
But the law was not blind
And it knew in good time
I’d be raised in the way of the lord

In the year 19 hundred and 3
At the corner of savanah and lee
I got out of my car
With my slave chauffeur
To find forty johnny law aiming at me
So I drew for my gun
But I only shot one
I was raised in the way of the lord
I was raised in the way of the lord


verse 1 and 2:
30.42.60 - 30.44.60 - 30.45.60 (2x)
28.36.47.60 - 28.39.47.60 - 27.37.47.60
30.42.60 - 30.44.60 - 30.45.60
33.42.53.60 - 21.32.40.62 - 32.42.52.60 - 30.40.52.60
33.42.53.60 - 21.32.40.62
30.42.60 - 30.44.60 - 30.45.60


verse 3 and 4:
30.42.60 becomes 30.42.52.60
30.44.60 becomes 30.44.55.60
30.45.60 becomes 30.45.57.60


verse 5 and 6:
add in 10 and 20


end:
21.32.40.62 - 42.53.63 - 45.54.65
33.42.53.60 - 21.32.40.62
30.42.60 - 30.44.60 - 30.45.60 (4x)
30.42.60 - 60


beat:
3 by 3 - 6 pick


copyright 2011 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.

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from 2014 - Party Til I Die, released September 28, 2017

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