Booked Tonight In Heaven chords by Gene Watson

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:
| C majorC | C majorC / G* F* |

| C majorC | C majorC / G* F* |


🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC
 I walked upon the front porch
   G+G
Momma met me at the door
G+G
She said son I tried to call you
  C majorC
but you were on the road
FF
 She put her arms around me
     C majorC
And said it's bad news you know
G+G
 Papa he's been holding on
           C majorC C majorC  G* F*
He don't have long to go

🎸 Verse 2:
C majorC
 We all gathered around him
G+G
 He had words to say
G+G
He talked about the good times
    C majorC
And the good old USA
FF
 He talked about the music
  C majorC
that we used to play
G+G
 He looked out on the front porch
            C majorC
I could barely hear him say

🎸 Chorus:
    FF
They’re tuning up my fiddle
    C majorC
they've rosined up my bow
G+G
 The angels are preparing
   C majorC
For a country music show
  FF
I'm booked tonight in heaven
 C majorC
I must be on a roll
G+G
 The band of angels need
 FF        C majorC
a fiddle in their show

🎸 Solo:
| D MajorD C majorC FF / | FF C majorC | C majorC G+G |

| G+G C majorC | C majorC | G* F*

🎸 Verse 3:
    C majorC
I guess sadness brings a memory
G+G
 When I was a boy sitting on that front porch
    C majorC
Me and papa making noise
   FF
Back then we called it music
  C majorC
We was my momma's stars
  G+G
The front porch was the Opry stage
              C majorC
And the dream that took us far

🎸 Chorus:
   FF
Their tuning up his fiddle
    C majorC
They've rosined up his bow
G+G
 The angels are preparing
   C majorC
For a country music show
   FF
He's booked tonight in heaven
  C majorC
He must be on a roll
G+G
 The band of angels need him
  FF        C majorC  G+G A augmentedA
To fiddle in their show
G+G
 The band of angels need him
  FF        C majorC   FF G* C*
To fiddle in their show