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When I Get To Heaven by John Prine
When I Get To Heaven
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:D
Capo:no capo
For the Intro and Verse 3 strum chords once, slowly.
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
N.C.
When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand
N.C.
Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand
N.C.
Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band
N.C.
Check into a swell hotel; ain't the afterlife grand?
[Chorus]
N.C. A D
And then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale
G D
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long
A D
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl
G A D
'Cause this old man is goin' to town
[Verse 2]
D G
Then as God as my witness, I'm gettin' back into showbusiness
A
I'm gonna open up a nightclub called "The Tree of Forgiveness"
D
And forgive everybody ever done me any harm
G A
Why, I might even invite a few choice critics, those syphilitic parasitics
D
Buy 'em a pint of Smithwick's and smother 'em with my charm
[Chorus]
N.C. A D
'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale
G D
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long
A D
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl
G A D
Yeah this old man is goin' to town
[Interlude]
A D G D
Da da-da da-da da Ba da da-da-da da-da ba da da-da
A D G A D
Do do-do-do do-do do do-do do-do-do do da do-do-do do-do-do da-do
[Verse 3]
N.C. G A
Yeah when I get to heaven, I'm gonna take that wristwatch off my arm
D
What are you gonna do with time after you've bought the farm?
G
And them I'm gonna go find my mom and dad, and good old brother Doug
A D
Why I'll bet him and cousin Jackie are still cuttin' up a rug
G
I wanna see all my mama's sisters, 'cause that's where all the love starts
A D
I miss 'em all like crazy, bless their little hearts
G
And I always will remember these words my daddy said
N.C. A
He said, "Buddy, when you're dead, you're a dead pecker-head"
D
I hope to prove him wrong... that is, when I get to heaven
[Chorus]
N.C. A D
'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale
G D
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long
A D
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl
G A D
Yeah, this old man is goin' to town
G A D
Yeah, this old man is goin' to town
[Outro]
A D G A D
Da da-da do-do do Da da da-do-do-do do-do-do-do do do-do do-do
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