[Verse]
             C/G 
Bottles and bibles 
 C/G        C7 
Litter the floor 
 C7           F   F7 
An all night revival 
 F7             C/G 
Passed out around 4
[Verse]
                           C/G 
Now the preacher's been drinkin' 
 C/G                 C7 
But it's hard not to do 
 C7                     F     F7 
Since she ran out the screen door 
 F7                   C/G 
And swore they were through
[Pre-Chorus]
    Dm                         F 
Oh Lord, if you care, send a spirit down here 
             Dm              F       C/G         C7 
Cause the preacher's been drinkin' again
[Chorus]
 C7                   F                       C/G 
But it's a hard way to go, on the straight and narrow 
                   G G7                   C/G    C7 
When everybody in town points a finger at you 
 C7                   F                             C/G 
But they ain't had to walk with the weight that you've hauled 
 C/G                   G G7                         C/G 
They don't know you at all, but they think that they do
[Verse]
                  C/G 
He didn't believe her 
 C/G                     C7 
He just knew she'd come home 
 C7                     F     F7 
But the nights kept a' crawlin' 
F7                C/G 
As he laid there alone
[Verse]
                     C/G 
And he'd call up to heaven 
C/G                     C7 
And he'd hope and he'd pray 
C7                    F   F7 
But the line's always busy 
F7              C/G 
Since he went astray
[Pre-Chorus]
    Dm                           F 
Oh Lord, if you care, won't you answer his prayers 
             Dm              F       C/G        C7 
Cause the preacher's been drinkin' again
[Chorus]
C7                    F                       C/G 
But it's a hard way to go, on the straight and narrow 
C/G                G G7                   C/G    C7 
When everybody in town points a finger at you 
C7                     F                             C/G 
But they ain't had to walk with the weight that you've hauled 
C/G                    G G7                          C/G 
They don't know you at all, but they think that they do
[Verse]
                      C/G 
Now the bottles and bibles 
 C/G             C7 
Broke out in a fight 
 C7                     F  F7 
The whiskey fought hard, son 
F7                         C/G 
And took the victory that night
[Verse]
                    C/G 
They found him a' layin' 
 C/G               C7 
Face down by the stairs 
 C7                F  F7 
Dressed up for a sermon 
 F7           C/G 
Nobody would hear
[Pre-Chorus]
     Dm                         F 
Oh Lord, if you care, send your angels down here 
            Dm              F       C/G   C7 
Cause the preacher's been drinkin' again
[Chorus]
C7                     F                       C/G 
But it's a hard way to go, on the straight and narrow 
 C/G               G G7                    C/G C7 
When everybody in town points a finger at you 
C7                     F F7                           C/G 
But they ain't had to walk with the weight that you've hauled 
C/G                   G G7                          C/G 
They don't know you at all, but they think that they do