CHORDS: Riley Green – Jesus Saves Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Jesus Saves chords by Riley Green on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D Em7 D/F# G D Em7 D/F# G

[Verse 1]
D                     
There was a man I used
                           G
 to pass on my way into town

He was covered in dirt
 like the world had
 beat him down
D
I often wondered how
 he ended up like that
   G
So one day, drivin\' home
, I pulled over to ask
Em7           D/F#   
I said, \"Man, where\'d
               G
 did it all go wrong?\"
Em7                  
He said, \"Son, do you
 D/F#         G
 really wanna know?\"
D        Em7             
My daddy left for another
   D/F#           G
 woman, moved off to L.A.
D               Em7        
My momma fought hard
 against 
       D/F#        G
that cancer, she died
 when I was eight
D          Em7  
I finished school, 
              D/F#
my country shipped 
                  G
me off to war
       D             Em7  
When I came home, my whole
              D/F#            G
 world didn\'t love me anymorе

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[Chorus]
     Em7             D/F# 
It\'s hard to see all that
                    G
 when you\'re drivin\' by
   Em7                 D/F# 
So I just write down, \"Jesus
                     G    
 Saves\" \'causе there ain\'t
 no way I can fit that
    D      Em7
 on a sign
D/F#        G      
I can\'t fit that on
   D   Em7 D/F# G
 a sign

[Verse 2]
D
I took him to a diner,
 I bought him a cup of coffee
G
He asked me if he could
 bum a couple dollars
 off me
Em7            D/F#  
He told me his story,
        G
 I told mine
Em7             
He said, \"Thanks
             D/F#       
 \'cause most folks around
             G
 here would never
 take the time\"
          D         Em 
He said, \"I lost my job
             D/F#     
 down at the mill when
      G
 that factory closed
D            Em7    
Army stopped sendin\'
         D/F#            
 me them checks, the bank
      G
 took everything I owned\"
D             Em7      
Hitchhiked my way up to 
    D/F#      G        
Chicago, the nights were 
            D
too damn cold
             Em7   
I hopped the train,
            D/F#  
headed west \'cause 
        G
I had nowhere else to go

[Chorus]
Em7                 
   It\'s hard to see 
D/F#               G
all that drivin\' by
   Em7              
So I just write down,
   D/F#                   
 \"Jesus Saves\" \'causе there
   G               
 ain\'t no way I can
               D      Em7
 fit that on a sign
D/F#                 
There ain\'t no way to
 G             D   
 fit that on a sign
Em7 D/F# G

[Verse 3]
Em7                      
I probably would\'ve wrote
 D/F#          G
 down a little more
     Em7           
If I could\'ve found
   D/F#            G
 a bigger piece of cardboard
D          Em7   
My brother Walter
        D
 was my hero
           G
But he was bad to drink

D             Em7 
One night, he laid
            D/F#
 his Harley down
           G
Near that Ohio River Bank
D            Em7      
Me and my ex-wife tried
      D/F#      
 for kids when we
              G
 were datin\'
D                 Em7 
Hell, we even had baby
              D/F#
 names picked out
                  G
But little Walter didn\'t
 make it

[Out-Chorus]
Em7                 D/F#
   It\'s hard to see all
               G
 that drivin\' by
   Em7              
So I just write down,
   D/F#             
 \"Jesus Saves\" \'cause 
         G           
there ain\'t no way I 
                   D    Em7
can fit that on a sign
D/F#      G       
Can\'t fit all that 
    D     Em7 D/F# G
on a sign