Blake Shelton - Just south of heaven
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Just South of Heaven
By: Blake Shelton
Chorded by: Jeff Martin
NOTES: I included some riffs just incase you want to add in some fill.
Using a percussive type finger picking will work best.
(This is NOT a tab)
Intro Riff (Guitar 1 plays with the slides, Guitar 2 picks the notes)
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Intro Chords
A - E - F#m - Dsus2
A - E - F#m - Dsus2
Verse
AI never liked Ethe taste of whiskeF#my til I kissed itDsus2 off of her lips
ANever knew Ejust what was hitting meF#m, getting me tipDsus2sy
RIFF I
But there I sit,
A E RIFF II
Levi's on a dogwood branch
F#m Dsus2 RIFF I
Yeah, she was taking me under
A E RIFF II
I might have lost my innocence
F#m Dsus2 RIFF I
But she was saving my soul that summer
Chorus
AI don't know much Eabout eternity
Or where someF#mbody like me's goDsus2nna wind up going
AAll I know is Ethat I have already been
F#m Dsus2 RIFF I
Parked in a Chevy by the deep river rolling
AAnd that summer night,E shooting star paradise
F#mMight be all thatDsus2 I'm getting
AKissing and sippingE that 7 and 7
Dsus2Somewhere just south of heaven
INTRO RIFF X2
or A - E - F#m - Dsus2 X2
Vers 2
AShe might have beenE a falling angel
F#m Dsus2 RIFF III
Nah, I didn't care at all
AI never thought aE prayer could be answered
F#mWith a whispereDsus2d, sweet southern drawl
AEven now Ewhen I close my eyes
F#mI see her silhouetteDsus2 dance on the river
AThe way we spent those Eendless nights
Dsus2That's the way I could spend forever
Chorus
AI don't know much Eabout eternity
Or where someF#mbody like me's goDsus2nna wind up going
AAll I know is Ethat I have already been
F#m Dsus2 RIFF I
Parked in a Chevy by the deep river rolling
AAnd that summer night,E shooting star paradise
F#mMight be all thatDsus2 I'm getting
AKissing and sippingE that 7 and 7
Dsus2Somewhere just south of heaven
A - E - F#m - Dsus2 X2
Bridge
ASomewhere just beyond theE Jericho line
Dsus2Little white church, roll back through the pines
ADown where the three cross Eriver unwinds
Dsus2If there's a heaven on Earth, man that'd be Dmine
Chorus
AI don't know much Eabout eternity
Or where someF#mbody like me's goDsus2nna wind up going
AAll I know is Ethat I have already been
DParked in a Chevy by the deep river rolling
AAnd that summer night,E shooting star paradise
F#mMight be all thatDsus2 I'm getting
AKissing and sippingE that 7 and 7
Dsus2Somewhere just south of heaven
INTRO RIFF or
A - E
F#mOh yeah, Dsus2just south of heaven
INTRO RIFF or
A - E - F#m - Dsus2
ASomewhere just beyond theE Jericho line
F#mLittle white church, Dsus2roll back through the pines
ADown where the threeE cross river unwinds
F#mIf there's a heaven on Earth, Dsus2man that'd beA mine E
F#myeah, Dsus2 that's beA mine E
Oh,F#m just a littleDsus2 bit south of heaven
INTRO RIFF or
A - E - F#m - Dsus2
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These riffs can be played many different ways. I tried to keep them simple for one
guitar and singer
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|-0h2--| RIFF I
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|-0h2--|
|----2-| RIFF II
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|--------| |-------2-|
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|----0-4-| |----0----|
|-0h2----| or |-0h2-----| RIFF III (I prefer the second version)