Chords for John Prine on Austin City Limits "When I Get to Heaven"

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When I get [G] to heaven, I'm gonna shake [Dm] God's hand. _
[Em] I'm gonna thank him for more blessings
than [Dm] one man can stand. _
[Bm] Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a [D] rock and roll band.
[A] Check into a swell hotel.
Ain't [D] the afterlife grand?
Then I'm gonna [A] get a cocktail, vodka, [D] and ginger ale.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm gonna [A] kiss that pretty girl.
[D] I'm gonna tell the world
[G] that this old man is going [D] to town. _
_ _ _ _ [G] Then as God is my witness,
[D] I'm getting back into show business.
[A] _ I'm gonna open a nightclub [Dm] called the Tree of Forgiveness
[B] and forgive everybody who ever [A] done me any harm.
Why, [G] I might even forgive a few [D] choice critics,
[A] those [Dm] syphilitic parasitics.
_ Buy [G] my parasmitics and smother them with my [A] charm.
Cause I'm gonna get a cocktail, vodka, [D] and ginger ale.
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long.
I'm gonna kiss [A] that pretty girl. _
[D] I'm gonna tell the world
that [G] this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
Here we go, boys.
[A] Da da da, da [D] da da, ba do ba do.
Da [G] da da, da da da, ba [D] ba ba.
_ [A] Da da da, da da da, ba ba [D] ba.
_ [G] Da da da, da da da, ba [E] ba ba.
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[F#] _ Yeah, when I get to heaven,
I'm gonna take this wristwatch off my arm.
_ What are you gonna do with time after you bought the farm?
_ _ Then I'm gonna look up my mom and dad.
And good old brother Doug.
Why, I bet him and cousin Jackie
are still cutting up a rug.
_ And I wanna see all my mama's sisters
cause that's where all the love starts.
Miss them all like crazy, bless her little hearts.
And I always will remember these words that my daddy said.
He said, buddy, when you're dead,
you're a dead pecker head.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ I hope to prove him wrong.
That is when I get to heaven,
cause I'm gonna have a cocktail, vodka [D] and ginger ale.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm gonna [A] kiss that pretty girl [D] on the tip of the world.
[G] Cause this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
He [A] ain't got nothing, he's [D] got nothing.
_ _ [G] Yeah, I'm gonna have a [D] cocktail.
_ _ [A] Cigarette, I'm gonna have a [D] cocktail.
_ _ [G] Yeah, I'm [A] gonna have a cocktail.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] I'm gonna get to heaven. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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