A Gold Cross On A Rope Chain

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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In West Jefferson she grew up dirt poor
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And in a mountain revival she turned to the Lord
  Em                           C   G
She learned that he loved with no conditions
                           D               G
A love that she gave to her daughters and sons
 
 
[Chorus]
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She wore a gold cross on a rope chain
        Em                   C
Said a little prayer in the Father's name
                  G
Watched over her whole flock
              D
Call them all by their full names
               Em
Never stopped holding on
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To her only claim to fame
            G   D          Em    C     G
She wore a gold cross on a rope chain
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Now out here in Nashville I'm drinking again
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And everyone knows that I can't keep it head
    Em                    C            G
And when in my failure I cut the last thread
                                D           G
I reach for that cross on that chain by the bed
 
 
[Chorus]
                            D
She wore a gold cross on a rope chain
        Em                  C
Said a little prayer in the Father's name
           G
And I just drove off
      D                            Em                       C
I was seventeen and a day left her holding on to her only claim to fame
           G    D          Em    C
She wore a gold cross on a rope chain
 
 
[Verse 3]
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And when that old cancer took the bloodstream
              G           D          G      C
She called me up just to ask if I'd seen
             G              D    Em          C
And then she knelt down and gave everything
           G           D        G
To God the Father and Jesus the King
 
 
[Chorus]
                            D
She wore a gold cross on a rope chain
        Em                   C
Said a little prayer in the Father's name
                 G
Watched over her whole flock
              D
Call them all by their full names
              Em
Never stopped holding on
         C
Her only claim to fame
           G     D         Em   C        G
She wore a gold cross on a rope chain