(Daddy Sang Bass)
1. After
(D)bod- y, after spouse, after (G)cloth- ing, food and (D)house, after
(Bm) all of these come (E7)honor and good (A7) name. They are
(D)way down on the list but the (G)Bi- ble hasn't (D)missed telling
(Bm) us of their im-(Em)portance (A7)all the (D)same. (G)(D)
C. In commandment
(D)eight, in commandment eight, we are (G)told to subju- (D)gate all the
(Bm) rest- less, evil (E7)poison in our (A7)tongue, lest we
(D)cause someone to face public (G)sham- ing and dis-(D)grace 'cause for
(Bm)our big mouth we (Em)couldn't (A7)find a (D)bung.* (G) (D)
2. It's un-
for- tunately clear, but we'd real- ly rather hear of our
neigh- bor what is wrong than what is right. In the
mud we like to dig like a root- ing, rolling pig for in
gos- sip we find relish and de- light.
C. God says
we, God says we, are for bade entirely speaking
ev- il of another even though we are
ab- solutely sure and es- pec- ially if we're left in
an- y kind of doubt it isn't so.
3. No the
Bi- ble says that we should ad- dress them privately, any
one we know is guilty of a wrong. And if
us they will not heed, then the next thing that we need is a-
no- ther one or two to take a- long.
C. Last re-
sort, last resort, we may take them to a court. In this
way they find reforming or re- straint. But if
we decide to go and let ev- erybody know we don't
fol- low this proceedure and they ain't. (reformed or restrained, that is)
4. Of our
neigh- bor then we should only say things that are good, never
slan- der, lie, defame them, or be- tray, but for
them apologize, helping oth- ers realize there might
be a valid reason for their way.
C. Then we
do, then we do, what we'd want our neighbor to if we
were accused of doing something wrong. And our
God we surely please when we fol- low words like these, which we
ought to do cause to Him we be- long.
*A bung is the wooden cork that goes in the side of a barrel.
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