{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2725083,"song":"When I Get To Heaven","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2725083-when-i-get-to-heaven-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2725083?type=chord","rating":4.87064,"votes":322,"content":"For the Intro and Verse 3 strum chords once, slowly.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\nN.C.\r\nWhen I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand\r\nN.C.\r\nThank him for more blessings than one man can stand\r\nN.C.\r\nThen I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band\r\nN.C.\r\nCheck into a swell hotel; ain't the afterlife grand?\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C.                       [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause this old man is   goin' to town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen as God as my witness, I'm gettin' back into showbusiness[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna open up a nightclub called \"The Tree of Forgiveness\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd forgive everybody ever done me any harm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhy, I might even invite a few choice critics, those syphilitic parasitics[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBuy 'em a pint of Smithwick's and smother 'em with my charm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C.                         [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah this old man is   goin' to town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Da da-da da-da da   Ba da da-da-da da-da   ba da da-da[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDo do-do-do do-do   do do-do do-do-do    do da do-do-do do-do-do da-do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]N.C.                      [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah when I get to heaven,  I'm gonna take that wristwatch off my arm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat are you gonna do with time after you've bought the farm?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd them I'm gonna go find my mom and dad,  and good old brother Doug[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy I'll bet him and cousin Jackie are still cuttin' up a rug[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wanna see all my mama's sisters,   'cause that's where all the love starts[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI miss 'em all like crazy, bless their little hearts[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I always will remember these words my daddy said[/tab]\r\n[tab]        N.C.                                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Buddy, when you're dead, you're a dead pecker-head\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI hope to prove him wrong... that is, when I get to heaven[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C.                         [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, this old man is   goin' to town[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, this old man is   goin' to town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDa da-da do-do do   Da da da-do-do-do   do-do-do-do do  do-do  do-do[/tab]","plain_text":"For the Intro and Verse 3 strum chords once, slowly.\n\n[Intro]\nD\n\n[Verse 1]\nN.C.\nWhen I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand\nN.C.\nThank him for more blessings than one man can stand\nN.C.\nThen I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band\nN.C.\nCheck into a swell hotel; ain't the afterlife grand?\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","C","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}