Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
🎸 Intro:
G G C C7
G G D7 G
G G
🎸 Chorus:
G D G
Well everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
G D7
Well Lord, I want to go to heaven but I don't want to die
G G
So I long for the day when I'll have new birth
C C7
Still I love livin' here on Earth
G D7 G
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
🎸 Verse 1:
G D G
Well, once upon a time there lived a man and his name was Hezekiah
G D7
He walked with God both day and night but he didn't want to die
G G C C7
He cried, oh Lord, please let me live, death is close I know
G D7 G
God smiled down on Hezekiah and gave him fifteen years to go
🎸 Chorus:
G D G
Well everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
G D7
Well Lord, I want to go to heaven but I don't want to die
G G
So I long for the day when I'll have new birth
C C7
Still I love livin' here on Earth
G D7 G
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
🎸 Bridge:
G G D G
G G G D7
D7
G G C C7
G G D7 G
G G
🎸 Verse 2:
G D G
Jesus lived here on this Earth, he knew his father's plan
G D7
He knew that he must give his life to save the souls of men
G G C C7
When Judas had betrayed him, the Father heard him cry
G D7 G
He was brave until his death but he didn't want to die
🎸 Chorus:
G D G
Well everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
G D7
Well Lord, I want to go to heaven but I don't want to die
G G
So I long for the day when I'll have new birth
C C7
Still I love livin' here on Earth
G D7 G
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
🎸 Bridge:
G G D G
G G G D7
D7
G G C C7
G G D7 G
G G
🎸 Chorus:
G D G
Well everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
G D7
Well Lord, I want to go to heaven but I don't want to die
G G
So I long for the day when I'll have new birth
C C7
Still I love livin' here on Earth
G D7 G
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
🎸 Outro:
G D7 G
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
G D7 G
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to dieeeeeeee
C G
eeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hahhh
D G