Tom T. Hall - Everything from jesus to jack daniels

^GYou wake up in the morning drink a ^Cbeer and take a Valium And you're ^Gtrying to forget about the things you did last ^D7night

Flip ^Gthrough that morning paper read the ^Choroscope and the comics You're as ^Gwell informed as anybody on the ^D7left or the ^Gright

^GYou make it to your job and hear ^CAtlanta lost another How can ^Gyou lose while making half a million bucks or ^D7near

The ^Gold man who sweeps the floor and wears a ^Cbig blue Reagan button Says the ^GRussians are a coming but they've ^D7been here for ^Gyears

Trying ^Ceverything from Jesus to Jack ^GDaniels It's the ^D7all new American ^Gdiet

Trying ^Ceverything from Jesus to Jack ^GDaniels You get ^Con it and you're ^Gon it for the ^D7rest of your ^Glife

^GThere's a story in the paper about a ^Cman who killed his family He jumped ^Goff a bridge because he couldn't take it any^D7more

Down ^Gat the local tavern a ^Cyoung man comes in limping And he ^Gclaims that he's a veteran of the ^D7Falkland Islands ^Gwar

^GYou head home and you're accosted by a ^Cyoungster wearing robes And wanting ^Gmoney for his God who sits upon a plastic ^D7throne

You ^Gignore him if you can and make it ^Cto the local tavern Where you ^Gorder up a drink and give some ^D7money to your ^Gown

Trying ^Ceverything from Jesus to Jack ^GDaniels It's the ^D7all new American ^Gdiet

Trying ^Ceverything from Jesus to Jack ^GDaniels You get ^Con it and you're ^Gon it for the ^D7rest of your ^Glife

There's a man in Tennessee who's got it ^Gfigured out completely I ^Gguess that he's as happy as a thinking man can ^D7be

I ^Gasked him what he thought and he said ^Cbrother let me tell you Try a ^Glittle bit of both and leave out ^D7everything in be^Gtween

Trying ^Ceverything from Jesus to Jack ^GDaniels It's the ^D7all new American ^Gdiet

Trying ^Ceverything from Jesus to Jack ^GDaniels You get ^Con it and you're ^Gon it for the ^D7rest of your ^Glife