John Prine – When I Get To Heaven chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
N.C.When I get to heaven, 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 and start a rock-n-roll band
N.C.Check into a swell hotel; ain't the afterlife grand?

[Chorus]
N.C.                       A                  DAnd then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale
                         G                           DYeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long
                      A                 DI'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl
         G             A           D'Cause this old man is   goin' to town

[Verse 2]
D                                                  GThen as God as my witness, I'm gettin' back into showbusiness
                  AI'm gonna open up a nightclub called "The Tree of Forgiveness"
                                            DAnd forgive everybody ever done me any harm
                                                    G                      AWhy, I might even invite a few choice critics, those syphilitic parasitics
                                                           DBuy 'em a pint of Smithwick's and smother 'em with my charm

[Chorus]
N.C.                         A                   D'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale
                         G                           DYeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long
                      A                 DI'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl
       G             A           DYeah this old man is   goin' to town

[Interlude]
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            A                D                  G        A           DDo do-do-do do-do   do do-do do-do-do    do da do-do-do do-do-do da-do

[Verse 3]
N.C.                      G                                         AYeah when I get to heaven,  I'm gonna take that wristwatch off my arm
                                                           DWhat are you gonna do with time after you've bought the farm?
                                          GAnd them I'm gonna go find my mom and dad,   and good old brother Doug
    A                                                       DWhy I'll bet him and cousin Jackie are still cuttin' up a rug
                                   GI wanna see all my mama's sisters,   'cause that's where all the love starts
               A                                     DI miss 'em all like crazy, bless their little hearts
                                      GAnd I always will remember these words my daddy said
                                                              AHe said, "Buddy, when you're dead, you're a dead pecker-head"
                                                           DI hope to prove him wrong... that is, when I get to heaven

[Chorus]
N.C.                         A                   D'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale
                         G                           DYeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long
                     A                  DI'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl
        G             A           DYeah, this old man is   goin' to town
        G             A           DYeah, this old man is   goin' to town

[Outro]
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