When I Get To Heaven chords by John Prine

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
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Verse 1:

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When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand

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Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand

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Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band

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Check into a swell hotel; ain't the afterlife grand?

Chorus:

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And then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale

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Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long

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I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl

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'Cause this old man is  goin' to town

Verse 2:

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Then as God as my witness, I'm gettin' back into showbusiness

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I'm gonna open up a nightclub called "The Tree of Forgiveness"

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And forgive everybody ever done me any harm

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Why, I might even invite a few choice critics, those syphilitic parasitics

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Buy 'em a pint of Smithwick's and smother 'em with my charm

Chorus:

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'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale

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Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long

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I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl

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Yeah this old man is  goin' to town

Interlude:

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Verse 3:

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Yeah when I get to heaven, I'm gonna take that wristwatch off my arm

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What are you gonna do with time after you've bought the farm?

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And them I'm gonna go find my mom and dad,  and good old brother Doug

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Why I'll bet him and cousin Jackie are still cuttin' up a rug

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I wanna see all my mama's sisters,  'cause that's where all the love starts

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I miss 'em all like crazy, bless their little hearts

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And I always will remember these words my daddy said

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He said, "Buddy, when you're dead, you're a dead pecker-head"

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I hope to prove him wrong... that is, when I get to heaven

Chorus:

N.C.             A augmentedA          D MajorD
'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale

             G+G              D MajorD
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long

           A augmentedA         D MajorD
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl

    G+G       A augmentedA      D MajorD
Yeah, this old man is  goin' to town

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Yeah, this old man is  goin' to town

Outro:

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