Mighty Good Book - Gillian Welch

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[Verse 1]

There's a migh

ty good book a

nd it tells a 

story
              
It's a bible o

    
n a shelf
              
Oh you know th

  
e names and yo

u know the sto

ries
              
Have you ever 

           
read it for yo

urself?


[Chorus]

It's a mighty good book

It's a mighty good book
              
Of the man who

             
 died on the w

ay
              
It's a mighty 

     
good book

It's a mighty good book
              
And it's just 

       
as true today


[Verse 2]

For it tells of the hill in land of Zion
              
Where they too

              
k a man who ma

      
de no crime
              
While the wick

   
ed watched and

 the women wer

e cryin'
              
And the sun re

         
fused to shine


[Chorus]

It's a mighty good book

It's a mighty good book
              
Of the man who

             
 died on the w

ay
              
It's a mighty 

     
good book

It's a mighty good book
              
And it's just 

       
as true today


[Verse 3]

Now there's gonna come a day when you go to glory
              
And you're gon

              
na hear the ma

       
ster's call
              
Are you gonna 


wish you read 

the story
              
Of when Jesus 

       
paid it all?


[Chorus]

It's a mighty good book

It's a mighty good book
              
Of the man who

             
 died on the w

ay
              
It's a mighty 

     
good book

It's a mighty good book
              
And it's just 

       
as true today



Well, it's a mighty good book

It's a mighty good book
              
And it's just 

        
as true today

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