Little Boy and the Preacher Man Chords by Nu Breed & Jesse Howard

[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#]
One sunny morning after [C#] church, the preacher was shaking hands.
[D#m] A little boy walked up and said, [B] can I please talk to your preacher man?
[F#] He said, my daddy left my mama and [C#] me, and it's been a couple years.
[D#m] And my mama's boyfriend don't like me [B] much, especially after a couple of beers.
[F#]
Sometimes when he hits me, [C#] I close my eyes real [D#m] tight.
And I wish that place you always talked [B] about was real with all my might.
[F#] Is heaven real?
_ _ [C#] I can't wait to go there.
[D#m]
I can't wait to know how [B] heaven _ feels.
Is [F#] there a place [C#] where there's no more pain or dying?
[D#m]
No more need for crying, [B] cause I can't wait.
Is heaven [F#] a real place?
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] Well, the preacher man didn't know what to [C#] say.
And before the little boy turned and walked [D#m] away, the preacher said, son, would you [B] like to pray?
_ _ [F#]
Right there, the little boy hit his [C#] knees, and he cried out, Lord, help me [D#m] please,
cause I don't know how much more pain [B] I can take.
_ [F#] And he looked up with him tears in his [C#] eyes.
He said, preacher man, I don't want to [D#m] die, but I just want to know if there's a [B] better place.
Is [F#] heaven _ real?
[C#] I can't wait to go there.
[D#m]
I can't wait to know how [B] heaven _ feels.
Is [F#] there a _ place [C#] where there's no more pain or dying?
[D#m]
No more need for crying, cause [B] I can't wait.
Is heaven [F#] a real place?
Later on past midnight, [C#] the preacher man got a call.
[D#m] A little boy's in a hospital doing bad, and a [B] mama's boyfriend's running from a law.
[F#] When the preacher walked in the boy's hospital [C#] room, the little boy whispered, can you see him too?
[D#m] There's an angel standing right beside you, [B] preacher man.
Now I know [F#]
heaven's real.
[C#] I can't wait to get [D#m] there.
I can't wait to know how [B] heaven feels.
I'm going [F#] to a place [C#] where there's no more pain [D#m] or dying.
Preacher man, why are you crying?
[B] Cause I can't wait.
Cause [F#] heaven's a real place.
_ [C#] Now I know [D#m] heaven's a real place.
_ [B] _ _ _ Heaven's a real