When I Get To heaven.
John Prine.
Album: The Tree Of Forgiveness.
Intro: D
Spoken:
When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand,
Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand,
Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band,
Check into a swell hotel, ain't the afterlife grand?
A D
And then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale,
G D
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long,
A D
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tilt-a-whirl,
G A D
'Cause this old man is goin' to town,
D
Then as God as my witness,
G
I'm gettin' back into show business,
G
I'm gonna open up a nightclub,
A7
Called "The Tree of Forgiveness"
A7 D
And forgive everybody ever done me any harm
D
Why I might even invite a few choice critics,
G
Those syphlitic parasitics,
A7 D
Buy 'em a pint of Smithwick's and smother 'em with my charm,
n/c A D
'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale,
G D
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long,
A D
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tilt-a-whirl,
G A D A D G D A D G A D
'Cause this old man is goin' to town,
n/c G
Yeah when I get to heaven,
n/c A7
I'm gonna take that wristwatch off my arm,
n/c D
What are you gonna do with time after you've bought the farm?
n/c G
And then I'm gonna go find my mom and dad,
n/c
And good old brother Doug,
n/c A D
Well I bet him and cousin Jackie are still cuttin' up a rug,
n/c G
I wanna see all my mama's sisters,
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'Cause that's where all the love starts,
A7 D
I miss 'em all like crazy, bless their little hearts,
n/c G
And I always will remember these words, my daddy said,
n/c
He said, "Buddy, when you're dead,
n/c A7
You're a dead pecker-head"
n/c
I hope to prove him wrong...
n/c D
That is, when I get to heaven,
A D
'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale,
G D
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long,
A D
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tilt-a-whirl,
G A D
'Cause this old man is goin' to town,
G A D A D G A D
Yeah, this old man is goin' to town.
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