When I Get to Heaven Chords by John Prine

[Verse]
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■ ■   ■ When I get to heaven
N.C.                      
I'm gonna shake God's hand
N.C.                                               
Thank Him for more blessings than one man can stand
N.C.                       
Then I'm gonna get a guitar
N.C.                      
And start a rocknroll band
N.C.                    
Check into a swell hotel
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Ain't the afterlife grand
                         A       
And then I'm gonna get a cocktail
          D         
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 tiltawhirl
       G               A          D   
'cause this old man is ■ goin' to town
        D                
Then as God is my witness
    G                      G       
I'm getting back into show business
          A                                                 
I'm gonna open up a nightclub called The Tree of Forgiveness
            A7                         D   
And forgive everybody ever done me any harm
                                      D      
Well I might even invite a few choice critics
G                          
Those syph'litic parasitics
A7         A                   
■  Buy 'em a pint of Smithwicks
                        D    
And smother 'em with my charm


[Chorus]
                            A       
'cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail
          D         
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 tiltawhirl
G                    A       D  A D G D   
Yeah this old man is ■ goin' to ■ ■ ■ town
A D G A D
■ ■ ■ ■ ■


[Verse]
                   G     
Yeah when I get to heaven
                                          A
I'm gonna take that wristwatch off my arm ■
     A                         
What are you gonna do with time
                        D   
After you've bought the farm
                                          G
And them I'm gonna go find my mom and dad ■
                     G   
And good old brother Doug
A                                                       D  
Well I bet him and cousin Jackie are still cuttin' up a rug
                Bm        G      
I wanna see all my mama's sisters
       G                               
'cause that's where all the love starts
  A                 A7   
I miss 'em all like crazy
                   D     
Bless their little hearts
                                                N.C.
And I always will remember these words my daddy said
N.C.                                                   
He said Buddy when you're dead you're a dead peckerhead


[Chorus]
D A                          
■ ■ I hope to prove him wrong
                      D     
That is when I get to heaven
                A                   
'cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail
          D         
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 tiltawhirl
G                    A          D   
Yeah 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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