Chords for Grace Potter - Big White Gate (Live From CMT Studios)

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So one of the songs that first _ Nashville started noticing me and the band in 2007 because of
this song so I thought it'd be a good one to open with.
Everywhere I would go when I first started coming down to Nashville, _ if I met musicians
they'd always be like, this song, this song, this song.
So I wanted to start it out with this one.
It's called The Big White Gate.
It's a song I wrote for my grandma right before she [Em] passed away.
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_ _ My _ _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ _ body's [A] aching [E] from laying in this bed.
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I [E] went singing in the rain and the cold got to my head.
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_ [E] I don't know who's paying, [A]
I [E] just know what the doctor said.
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_ [E] _ 84 years of sin and life and in the morning I'll be [B] dead.
_ [C#m] Oh, _ _ _ [G#m] _
oh, oh.
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[A] _ _ [E] _ I had three daughters, [A] _ a new [E] man for everyone. _
[A] _ [E] And the only man that I ever [Am] loved _ [E] left me with my only son.
[A] _ _ [E] I was no good mother, [Am] _ _ [E] I was no good wife.
[A] _ [E] There's only one thing that I did [A] right in [E] this God _ forsaken life.
_ [C#m] St.
Peter, _ [G#m] won't you open up the big [A] white gate. _ _ _
[C#m] Cause I heard about forgiveness [G#m] and I hope it ain't too [A] late. _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] No, I ain't no [G#m] holy roller, _ [A] but you go tell [F#m] your king _
that [D] all the folks up in heaven [A] might like to [E] hear me sing. _
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_ _ I sang to my children _ _ before they strayed so far.
_ _ I sang for my lover or a nickel in a tip jar. _
_ _ _ I never knew Jesus, _ _ I never read the good book. _
_ But on my day of death I'm giving life a second look. _
So [C#m] St.
Peter, _ [G#m] won't you open up the big [A] white _ gate. _ _
[C#m] Cause I heard about forgiveness and I hope it ain't too [A] late. _ _ _ _
[C#m] No, I ain't no holy roller, _ [A] but you go tell [F#m] your king _
[D] that all the folks up in heaven [A] might like to hear me [E] _ _ sing. _
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [G#m] Oh, oh, [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] oh, oh, _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ oh, _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ oh.
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_ _ [E] _ _ It's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ coming on time now _ and my body's getting cold.
_ _ I got no will, I got no prayer, my story's all been told.
_ [A] _ [E] I'm ready for the land of fire, [A] _ _ [E] but I'd
love to see the land of gold.
[A] _ [E] So nurse, bring me my guitar, [A] one [E] more song before I go.
_ [C#m] Saint Peter, [G#m] won't you open up the big [A] white gate? _ _ _
_ [C#m] Because I heard about forgiveness,
[G#m] and I'm hoping that it [A] ain't too late. _ _
No, [C#m] I ain't no _ [G#m] holy roller.
_ _ [A] You go tell [C#m] your king _ _ [D] that all the folks up [A] in heaven
[E] might like to hear me. _ _
All the [D] folks up in heaven might [A] like _ [E] to hear _ me, [B] _ _
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[E] hear me,
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ hear _ me _ _ _ sing.
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[A] _ Woo! _ _ _ _ _
_ Woo-hoo! _ _ _ _
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