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Dead Man On The Alter by Jason Welch
Dead Man On The Alter
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
G C
Living For The Moment My Life Had Gone To Waste
G D
From The Whiskey And The Women And All My Worldly Ways
G C
At An Old Fashioned Alter Where I Bowed My Head And Prayed
G D G
You Know That Day My Old Man Passed Away And I’m A Brand New Man Today
[Chorus]
G C
So Theres A Dead Man On The Alter Got That Bottle By His Side
G D
And There’s A New Man Right Beside Him Got Both Hands Raised To The Sky
G C
You See I Gave My Life To Jesus He Made Me A Brand New Man
G D G
So There’s A Dead Man On The Alter Right Where I Was Born Again
[Verse 2]
G C
Well I Was Taking Life For Granted That There Would Be Another Day
G D
So I Lived The Way I Wanted Cuz There Was Plenty Time For Change
G C
So When The Road That I Had Travelled Nearly Led Me To My Grave
G D G
That’s When I Laid Upon This Alter This Old Man I Freely Gave
[Bridge]
G C
And I Let Jesus Take Away The Old Man I Let Him Wash Away All His Evil Deeds
D G
I Let Jesus Put A Brand New Man In Me And He’s The Man God Created Me To Be
[Chorus]
G C
So There’s A Dead Man On The Alter Got That Bottle By His Side
G D
And There’s A New Man Right Beside Him Got Both Hands Raised To The Sky
G C
You See I Gave My Life To Jesus He Made Me A Brand New Man
G D G
So There’s A Dead Man On The Alter Right Where I Was Born Again
[Outro]
G C
You See I Gave My Life To Jesus He Made Me A Brand New Man
G D G
So There’s A Dead Man On The Alter Right Where I Was Born Again
C G
I Left That Dead Man On The Alter Cuz I Don’t Want To Be Like Him
I Left That Dead Man On The Alter
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
G Em D# G
C G D# Am
G
[Verse 1]
G
Living for the moment
C
My life had gone to waste
D
From the whiskey and the women
G
And all my worldly ways
G
At an old-fashioned altar
C
Where I bowed my head and prayed
D
You know that day my old man passed away
G
And I'm a brand new man today
[Chorus]
G
So there's a dead man on the altar
C
Got that bottle by his side
D
And there's a new man right beside him
G
He got both hands raised to the sky
G
You see I gave my life to Jesus
C
He made me a brand new man
D
So there's a dead man on the altar
G
Right where I got born again
[Verse 2]
G
Well, I was taking life for granted
C
There would be another day
D
So I lived the way I wanted
G
Cause there was plenty of time to change
G
But when the road that I had travelled
C
Nearly led me to the grave
D
That's when I laid upon this altar
G
This old man I freely gave
[Bridge]
C G
And I let Jesus take away the old man
C G
I let him wash away all his evil deeds
C G
And I let Jesus put a brand new man in me
C D
And he's the man that God created me to be
[Chorus]
N.C. G
So there's a dead man on the altar
C
Got that bottle by his side
D
And there's a new man right beside him
G
Got both hands raised to the sky
G
You see I gave my life to Jesus
C
He made me a brand new man
D
So there's a dead man on the altar
G
Right where I got born again
G
You see I gave my life to Jesus
C
And he made me a brand new man
D
And there's a dead man on the altar
G
Right where I got born again
[Outro]
C
I left that dead man on the altar
D N.C. C
Cause I don't want to be like him
G
Mm hmm
D# Am
Mm hmm
N.C. G
I left that dead man on the altar
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