He Was In Heaven Before He Died

Artist: John Prine (English)
User: rod.macintyre
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
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 C                   F
There's a rainbow of babies
       G           C
Draped over the graveyard
      F            C
Where all the dead sailors
                G
Wait for their brides
        C
And the cold bitter snow
    F              C
Has strangled each grass blade
          F               C
Where the salt from their tears
 G                  C
Washed out with the tide

Chorus:

      F             C
And I smiled on the Wabash
    G           C 
The last time I passed it
      F          C
Yes I gave her a wink
                   G 
From the passenger side
       C               
And my foot fell asleep
     F            C  
As I swallowed my candy
        F         C 
Knowing he was in heaven
 G        C
Before he died

        C           F 
Now the harbor's on fire
         G            C
With the dreams and desires
     F              C 
Of a thousand young poets
                       G
Who failed 'cause they tried
      C
For a rhyme without reason
       F           C
Floats down to the bottom
          F          C 
Where the scavengers eat 'em
    G                C
And wash in with the tide

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    C            F
The sun can play tricks
          G           C
With your eyes on the highway
    F            C
The moon can lay sideways
                      G
Till the ocean stands still
      C
But a person can't tell
    F              C
His best friend he loves him
     F                C
Till time has stopped breathing
       G            C 
You're alone on the hill

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