Old Time Religion Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays450

Old Time Religion by Parker Millsap is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Dm and G5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 
          Am 
He’s got old time religion 
 Dm         
Buries his cash in a coffee can 
        Am 
And he makes his decisions 
G5 
Down on his knees yeah he’s a full grown man 
     Am    
And he had a vision 
       Dm 
Of a fire it burned up all of the land 
           Am 
You could call it superstition 
          Dm                      G5 
You could run just as fast as you can 
   Am 
He took a beating 
       Dm 
His father screamed at the top of his lungs 
    Am 
An Old Testament reading 
        G5 
If you spare the rod you spoil the son 
           Am 
He’s got scars for his bleeding 
 Dm         
Fear of God fills everyone 
         Am 
You can listen to Him pleading 
 Dm 
Pleadings for the holy son (to) 

 
               Am 
Give me that old time religion 
             Dm 
Give me that old time religion 
             Am 
Give me that old time religion 
      G5 
It’s good enough for me 

Instrumental break 

verse 2 
      Am 
He’s got a King James edition 
 Dm 
With all of the words of Christ in red 
         Am 
And he reads the inscription 
   Dm 
Every night when he goes to bed 
    Am 
And he goes fishing 
     Dm 
For sin in men like Jesus said 
       Am 
Got an old time conviction 
          G5 
Keeps the bodies in the shed 
 Am   
He had a woman 
  Dm 
Took her to church every Sunday morn 
         Am 
He said submit to your husband 
Dm 
Submit to me thus, sayeth the Lord 
        Am 
Well he never saw it coming 
         Dm 
When she tried to get away in his ‘34 Ford 
        Am                        G5 
Now a widower is strumming on a banjo with a missing cord 

 
               Am 
Give me that old time religion 
             Dm 
Give me that old time religion 
             Am 
Give me that old time religion 
      G5 
It’s good enough for me 

Instrumental break 

Outro 
               Am 
Give me that old time religion 
             Dm 
Give me that old time religion 
             Am 
Give me that old time religion 
      G5 
It’s good enough for me 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante