If We Forget God by The Louvin Brothers
LP: 1958 The Family Who Prays
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Lyrics and Music by Ira and Charlie Louvin
Standard Tuning
Key: D


[Intro]
             
If we forget G

    
od, Satan will

 rule
             
If we forget G

             
od, our nation

    
 is doomed


[Verse 1]
             
The stories an

              
d pictures in 

        
most magazines
             
now feature ne

            
w stylings unf

         
it to be seen
            
They're placed

              
 on the newsta

             
nd where child

        
ren can buy
             
when they go w

        
rong do we won

der why.


[Verse 2]
             
If we forget G

             
od, his mercy 

     
will flee
             
and sin will c

            
over the land 

        
and the sea
            
If we forget G

             
od, Satan will

 
 rule
             
If we forget G

           
od our nation 

   
is doomed.


[Instrumental--Mandolin, Electric Guitar]
    
   


[Verse 3]
             
So many are cl

             
imbing fame's 

       
golden hill
             
by singing of 

            
evil that give

              
s this world a

 
 thrill
            
But I'll sing 

             
of Jesus and t

              
hough they won

   
't hear
             
God will bless

             
 me for doing 

    
his will.