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