The story of the prodigal son told by Jesus set to a catchy tune. Not to give the ending away but the boy turn out to be an ignorant fool much to his suprise but no one else's.
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Humorous material in a folk rock storytelling style with clever lyrics and catchy rhythmic beat. No whining intorspective my my girlfriend left me songs.
Prodigal Son
Verse 1
Am Listen to me Dad and understand
Em In time Ia€™d inherit livestock and land
Am But I need it now cause Ia€™ve got a plan
Em That wona€™t wait till Ia€™m a tired old man
Am Ia€™m young Ia€™m smart and need to be free
Em For a better life than this place out there for me
Am Therea€™s a city just full of wine women and song
Em Let me out of this dump to get where I belong
Chorus
Am Prodigal son is coming home
Em Father please receive me
Am I cannot ask you to take me back
Dm7 Just shelter Dm7 me and feed Em me
Verse 2
Am I cashed out of that backwoods town
Em This big city here is my future now
Am That jingle in my pocket plays a real pretty sound
Em My opportunity is here just look around
Am Before I find work Ia€™ll have a little fun first
Em It was a long road here and what I deserve
Am Work will be easy to find who wouldna€™t need
Em A bright young talented man like me
Chorus
Verse 3
Am The money is gone already and I cannot believe
Em No one in this town will hire me
Am Thought I would get some help from my good time friends
Em But they just disappeared when the money was spent
Break Intro:
Am7 I never dreamed I could end up like Em7 this
Am7 Lonely and broke taking any work I can Em7 get .. till
Break:
Cmaj7 Here I
Fmaj7 am
Cmaj7 Ia€™ve sunk about as low as any
Fmaj7 man could possibly go
Cmaj7 filthy and dirty as the pigs I feed, so
Fmaj7 Hungry I envy the scraps they leave
Em7 A slave at my Fathera€™s house has is better than
Am7 I am on my own
Em7 Maybe if I begged hea€™d let me serve him
Am7 In his fine fine Am7+D home
Chord transition:
Am7+D Am7 A note only Em Am
Verse 4
Am When I was still a long way off my
Em Father saw me coming
Am I looked up through the tears of shame in my eyes
Em And I could see my Daddy running
Am It hurt me for him to see
Em The embarrassment that had come of me
Am7 Still he held my face
Em7 and he kissed my cheek
Am then he put sandals on my feet
Em and gave me back some dignity
Am he put a robe upon my back
Em and took away my filthy rags
Am he put a ring upon my hand
Em that gave to me my name back
Am after all Ia€™d done to him
Em how could he love me like that
Am this prodigal son has come back home
Em and a Fathera€™s love he gave me
Final Altered Chorus
Am I brought nothing good here on my own
Dm7 and it was just his Dm(add D) grace .. That saved
Em me..e..e Dm..e
