I make my rounds of the country churches

Playing my guitar for free

My repertoire is one hundred ninety

Songs to God's glory

Now I'm pickin' to beat the devil

And you know he's on my tail

But the Lord's in my fingers

He won't let me fail

I found myself in a roadside bar room

Drinking my life away

Kentucky whiskey and Tennessee woman

It's gonna be hell to pay

Now I'm pickin' to beat the devil

And you know he's on my tail

And the Lord's in my fingers

And he won't let me fail

Fourteen songs and a temperance sermon

That's what a good meal buys

For a little extra you get guitar solo

Called 'Reward In The Sky'

Well I'm pickin' to beat the devil

And you know he's on my tail

And the Lord's in my fingers

And He won't let me fail

Well I'm pickin' to beat the devil

And you know he's on my tail

And the Lord is in my fingers

And He won't let me fail