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The Conversion Of Ronnie Jones
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Tommy Collins

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Ronnie Jones decided to settle down 
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So he married Annie Birch
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Now Annie hadn't been around too much 
                        C
She mostly only went to church


Right away she started insistin' 
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That he come on up and join
        G7
He said I'll tell you what I'll do 
                                  C
To settle this by dog I'll flip a coin


Preacher used some fancy words 
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That Ronnie tried his best to understand
         G7
Cause he loved his little Annie 
                                     C
And for her he wanted to be a better man


But of all the things they told him 
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It seemed that he remembered only one
        G7
He said I guess I'll have to go up there 
                             C
And tell 'em everything I've done


The Sunday meeting just took up 
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And Ronnie stood outside half scared to death
  G7
Regrettin' what he had to do in there 
                          C
And tried hard to get his breath


There didn't seem to be much use 
                                F
To put off what he had to do no more
      G7
So he backed way up and took a run 
                                    C
And bolted through the double lobby door


Annie's eyes began to overflow 
                            F
In tears of joy at what she saw
    G7
The preacher took him by the hand 
                                  C
And said bless you my boy tell it all


While every head was bowed in prayer 
                                    F
Some women slipped outside as if to pray
G7
Fearin' what the spirit might cause 
                               C
Ronnie and his circumstance to say


All their fears were justified 
                               F
His simple life became an open book
G7
Names like Doris Cunningham 
                        C
Wanda Webb even Marlene Cook


Another kind of fire began to burn down 
                         F
In the depths of Annie's soul
    G7
She turned on Ron and used some words 
                            C
Nobody'd ever heard her say before

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Sometimes we know not what we pray for

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