John Prine - When i get to heaven

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When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand

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Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand

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Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band

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Check into a swell hotel; ain't the afterlife grand?

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And then I'm gonna get a co^Acktail: vodka and g^Dinger ale Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a c^Gigarette that's nine miles l^Dong I'm gonna kiss that pr^Aetty girl on the T^Dilt-A-Whirl 'Cause th^Gis old man is ^A goin' to t^Down

^DThen as God as my witness, I'm gettin' back into sh^Gowbusiness I'm gonna open up ^Aa nightclub called "The Tree of Forgiveness" And forgive everybody ever done me any harm ^D Why, I might even invite a few choice critics, those^G syphilitic parasitics ^A Buy 'em a pint of Smithwick's and smother 'em with my charm^D

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'Cause then I'm gonna get a c^Aocktail: vodka and g^Dinger ale Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a c^Gigarette that's nine miles l^Dong I'm gonna kiss that pr^Aetty girl on the T^Dilt-A-Whirl Yeah th^Gis old man is ^A goin' to t^Down

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Yeah when I get to heaven,^G I'm gonna take that wristwatch off my ar^Am What are you gonna do with time after you've bought the far^Dm? And them I'm gonna go find my mom and dad,^G and good old brother Doug Why ^AI'll bet him and cousin Jackie are still cuttin' up a ru^Dg I wanna see all my mama's sisters, ^G 'cause that's where all the love starts I miss 'em all ^Alike crazy, bless their little hearts ^D And I always will remember these words^G my daddy said He said, "Buddy, when you're dead, you're a dead pecker-head" ^A I hope to prove him wrong... that is, when I get to heaven ^D

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'Cause then I'm gonna get a c^Aocktail: vodka and g^Dinger ale Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a c^Gigarette that's nine miles l^Dong I'm gonna kiss that p^Aretty girl on the T^Dilt-A-Whirl Yeah, th^Gis old man is ^A goin' to t^Down Yeah, th^Gis old man is ^A goin' to t^Down