The Statler Brothers - Song of David

      
 
 Intro 
 
 C A F G C 
      
 Verse 1 
 
 C             A    
 David, son of Jesse
          F              D    
 Shepherd to his fathers sheep
            C                  A    
 Played the harp when Saul got weary
 A7      F       G                C      
 Rocked the giant till he was fast asleep
 
 C                              A7       
 People prayed when Saul killed thousands
            F                        D      
 When David killed ten thousand they cheered
              C              A7  A 
 And all that noise they saw angry
         F            G               C    
 And the shepherd was on the lamb for years
 
 Chorus 
 
 F           G           C     
 David was a man down in Israel
 Asus4                                 D G 
 Fighter, lover, shepherd, king, outlaw
     F                  G                C       A7 
 And through it all God loved him and forgave him
 D         G                 C  A7 D G C 
 David the man who'd done it all
 
 Verse 2 
 
 C                 A7  A   
 Bathsheba wife of  Uri -ah
        F                           D  
 Took a bath under David's watchful eye
            C                A7  A   
 He fell in love and took her bo - dy
         F     G            C 
 Then he sent Uriah out to die
 
    C                     A    
 He was weak like you and I are
          F                   D    
 And as a sinner David did his part
     C                 A7    A 
 But God said this man Dav - id
    F     G             C   
 Is a man after my own heart
 
 Chorus 
 
 F         G              C    
 David was a man down in Israel
 A7                                  D G 
 Fighter, lover, shepherd, king, outlaw
     F                  G                C       A7 
 And through it all God loved him and forgave him
 D         G                 C  A7 
 David the man who'd done it all
    D     G                    C   A7 
 Ah David the man who'd done it all
 
 Outro 
 
 D G C