Chords for John Prine - When I Get To Heaven - The Tree of Forgiveness
Tempo:
92.35 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Dm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Dm] [D]
When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand,
thanking for more blessings than one man can stand.
Then I'm gonna get a guitar [E] and start a rock and roll band,
check into a swell hotel.
Ain't that afterlife grand?
And then [A] I'm gonna get a cocktail, vodka [D] and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm gonna kiss [A] that pretty girl [D] on the tip of the world
[G] because this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
Then as God is my witness,
I'm getting [G] back into show business.
[A] I'm gonna open up a nightclub called the Tree of Forgiveness
and forgive everybody who ever done [D] me any harm.
Why, I might even invite a few choice critics,
[A] those [G] syphilitic parasitics.
[A] Buy my parasitics and smother them with [D] my charms.
[Bm] [A] Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail, [D] vodka and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm [A] gonna kiss that pretty girl [D] on the tip of the world.
[G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
[A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] [D] Yeah, when I get to heaven,
[G] I'm gonna take that wristwatch [B] off my [A] arm.
What are you gonna do with [D] time after you bought the farm?
And then I'm gonna go find my mom and dad
[G] and good old brother, Doug.
[A]
Why, I bet him and cousin Jackie
are still [D] cutting up a rug.
I wanna see all [G] my mama's sisters
cause that's where all the love starts.
I [A] miss them all like crazy.
[D] Bless her little hearts.
And I always [G] will remember these words 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 [D] when I get to heaven.
[A] Cause I'm gonna have a cocktail, vodka [D] and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm gonna kiss [A] that pretty girl [D] on the tip of the world.
[G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
[G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
Let [A] that, let [D] that, let [G] [A]
that,
[D]
When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand,
thanking for more blessings than one man can stand.
Then I'm gonna get a guitar [E] and start a rock and roll band,
check into a swell hotel.
Ain't that afterlife grand?
And then [A] I'm gonna get a cocktail, vodka [D] and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm gonna kiss [A] that pretty girl [D] on the tip of the world
[G] because this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
Then as God is my witness,
I'm getting [G] back into show business.
[A] I'm gonna open up a nightclub called the Tree of Forgiveness
and forgive everybody who ever done [D] me any harm.
Why, I might even invite a few choice critics,
[A] those [G] syphilitic parasitics.
[A] Buy my parasitics and smother them with [D] my charms.
[Bm] [A] Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail, [D] vodka and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm [A] gonna kiss that pretty girl [D] on the tip of the world.
[G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
[A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] [D] Yeah, when I get to heaven,
[G] I'm gonna take that wristwatch [B] off my [A] arm.
What are you gonna do with [D] time after you bought the farm?
And then I'm gonna go find my mom and dad
[G] and good old brother, Doug.
[A]
Why, I bet him and cousin Jackie
are still [D] cutting up a rug.
I wanna see all [G] my mama's sisters
cause that's where all the love starts.
I [A] miss them all like crazy.
[D] Bless her little hearts.
And I always [G] will remember these words 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 [D] when I get to heaven.
[A] Cause I'm gonna have a cocktail, vodka [D] and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm gonna kiss [A] that pretty girl [D] on the tip of the world.
[G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
[G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
Let [A] that, let [D] that, let [G] [A]
that,
[D]
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand,
thanking for more blessings than one man can stand.
Then I'm gonna get a guitar [E] and start a rock and roll band,
check into a swell hotel.
Ain't that afterlife grand?
And then [A] I'm gonna get a cocktail, vodka [D] and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm gonna kiss [A] that pretty girl [D] on the tip of the world
[G] because this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Then as God is my witness,
I'm getting [G] back into show business. _
[A] I'm gonna open up a nightclub called the Tree of Forgiveness
and forgive everybody who ever done [D] me any harm.
_ _ Why, I might even invite a few choice critics,
[A] those [G] syphilitic parasitics.
_ [A] Buy my parasitics and smother them with [D] my charms.
[Bm] _ [A] Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail, _ [D] vodka and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm [A] gonna kiss that pretty girl _ [D] on the tip of the world.
_ [G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ Yeah, when I get to heaven,
[G] I'm gonna take that wristwatch [B] off my [A] arm. _
What are you gonna do with [D] time after you bought the farm? _ _
And then I'm gonna go find my mom and dad
[G] and good old brother, Doug.
[A]
Why, I bet him and cousin Jackie
are still [D] cutting up a rug. _
I wanna see all [G] my mama's sisters
cause that's where all the love starts.
I [A] miss them all like crazy.
_ [D] Bless her little hearts.
_ And I always [G] will remember these words 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 [D] when I get to heaven.
_ _ [A] Cause I'm gonna have a cocktail, vodka [D] and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm gonna kiss [A] that pretty girl _ [D] on the tip of the world.
_ [G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
_ [G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
Let [A] that, let [D] that, let _ _ [G] _ _ [A]
that,
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand,
thanking for more blessings than one man can stand.
Then I'm gonna get a guitar [E] and start a rock and roll band,
check into a swell hotel.
Ain't that afterlife grand?
And then [A] I'm gonna get a cocktail, vodka [D] and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm gonna kiss [A] that pretty girl [D] on the tip of the world
[G] because this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Then as God is my witness,
I'm getting [G] back into show business. _
[A] I'm gonna open up a nightclub called the Tree of Forgiveness
and forgive everybody who ever done [D] me any harm.
_ _ Why, I might even invite a few choice critics,
[A] those [G] syphilitic parasitics.
_ [A] Buy my parasitics and smother them with [D] my charms.
[Bm] _ [A] Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail, _ [D] vodka and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm [A] gonna kiss that pretty girl _ [D] on the tip of the world.
_ [G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ Yeah, when I get to heaven,
[G] I'm gonna take that wristwatch [B] off my [A] arm. _
What are you gonna do with [D] time after you bought the farm? _ _
And then I'm gonna go find my mom and dad
[G] and good old brother, Doug.
[A]
Why, I bet him and cousin Jackie
are still [D] cutting up a rug. _
I wanna see all [G] my mama's sisters
cause that's where all the love starts.
I [A] miss them all like crazy.
_ [D] Bless her little hearts.
_ And I always [G] will remember these words 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 [D] when I get to heaven.
_ _ [A] Cause I'm gonna have a cocktail, vodka [D] and tangerine.
Yeah, I'm gonna [G] smoke a cigarette that's nine [D] miles long.
I'm gonna kiss [A] that pretty girl _ [D] on the tip of the world.
_ [G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
_ [G] Yeah, this old [A] man is going [D] to town.
Let [A] that, let [D] that, let _ _ [G] _ _ [A]
that,
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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