Transcribed by:

Pete Millett

Key of E:
|--7-------7--7-----------------------------0--|
|--9-------9--7-----------------------------0--|
|--9-------9--8-------9-7-6--5-4---4--------1--|
|--9-------9--9-------9-7-6--5-4---4-2-2----2--|
|--7-------7--9-------7-5-4--3-2---2-0-0----2--|
|-------------7-----------------------3-3---0--|
   E       E  B       E D C# C B     A      E

Verse 1:
E
Nobody's fault but mine
     E                  B
It's nobody's fault but mine
   E       D       C#        C
If I don't read my soul gets lost
B        A         E
Nobody's fault but mine.

Verse 2:
Had a Bible in my hand
Had a Bible in my arm
If I don't read my soul gets lost
Nobody's fault but mine.

Verse 3:
My mother taught me how to read
My mother taught me how to read
If I don't read my soul gets lost
Nobody's fault nut mine.

JB adds: My mother taught me how to sing
         My daddy taught me how to play
         If I don't play & sing all night long
         It's nobody's fault but mine

last updated:10/27/1998