Tom: Am
G
Well he could almost taste the money
C G
But he was sitting in a den of thieves
D G C
Looking for the great awakening
C G D
Trying to find a way to leave
G Am G
But that's when he got religion
C
And the light went on inside
G C G
He said somebody up there likes me
C G
Now he's working for the holy guide
G
He got drunk but he don't remember
C G
That he'd been drinking in a bar downtown
D G C
When he thought he heard a choir of angels
G D
Singing in the Tiki Lounge
G Am G
And that's when he got religion
C
From no salesman on TV
G C G
Just a tap on the shoulder in the parking lot
C G
He still drinks but he does believe
[Chorus 1]
C
Religion
G F E
Oh, you do the best you can
C G
We all make the same mistakes
D G
We're gonna wind up with the man
C
Religion
G F E
Oh, you do the best you can
C G
We all make the same mistakes
D G
We're gonna wind up with the man
[Verse 2]
G
Well, she was silent as he paid her
C G
But the thanks she got was next to none
D G C
And as her car pulled out of the motel
G D
She felt the presence of someone
G Am G
And that's when she got religion
C
In the front of a compact Ford
G C G
Just a gentle voice on the stereo (stereo)
C G
Now she's a working girl who loves the lord
[Chorus 2]
C
Religion
G F E
Oh, you do the best you can
C G
We all make the same mistakes
D G
We're gonna wind up with the man
C
Religion
G F E
Oh, you do the best you can
C G
We all make the same mistakes
D G
We're gonna wind up with the man
[Slide guitar solo: Davey Johnstone]
[Verse 4]
G Am G
And that's when she got religion
C
In the front of a compact Ford
G C G
Just a gentle voice on the stereo (stereo)
C G
Now she's a working girl who loves the lord
[Chorus 3]
C
Religion
G F E
Oh, you do the best you can
C G
We all make the same mistakes
D G
We're gonna wind up with the man
C
Religion
G F E
Mm-hm-hm
C G
We all make the same mistakes
D G
We're gonna wind up with the man
