This is my first chord sheet, so if there are any mistakes, please let me know.
Notes in parentheses are single notes, not chords.
INTRO: (G-A-B) C C G C G C G C G
The curtain of darkness is fallin?
[G]And my friends are all here at my side.
[C]Are those the sweet voices of angels[G]
[G]As I rise on that heavenly tide?
[A] [D7]
All hearts overflowin? with sadness
[G]And those words left so often unsaid
[C]Then I could hear a voice whispering softly,[G]
[C]?Could I have all your stuff when your dead'[G][C]
[G] [D] [G][C][G]
?Could I have your TV and your pickup?
[C]And I?ve always admired your shoes.
[G]Could I have that old dining room table?
[C]And there?s a couple of chairs I could use.?
[G] [D7]
?Well, you know that you?re headed to glory,
[G]And like a star, up to heaven you?ll shoot
[C]When they write the last page of your story,[G]
[C]Could I try on that seersucker suit'[G][C]
[G] [D][G][C][G]
SOLO/INSTRUMENTAL: (G-A-B) C C G C G C G C G
It was the voice of my dear brother Thomas.
[G]He was kneelin? down close by my side.
[C]His breath had just come from a funeral[G]
[G]For a mouth full of teeth that had died.
[A] [D7]
Well, I prayed my last prayer for salvation.
[G]I was feelin? the touch of God?s hand.
[C]But I could still hear the voice of my brother[G]
[C]As they struck up that old angel band.[G][C]
[G] [D][G][C][G]
?Could I have your old ski boots and surf board?
[C]And maybe that four-poster bed?
[G]Would you mind if I took a few records?
[C]Just Nirvana, The Stones, and the Dead.?
[G] [D7]
Well, you know that you can?t take it with you
[G]To your heavenly home up on high.
[C]When you pass through those gates, and they hand [G]you your wings,
[C]Could I have all your stuff when you die?[G][C]
[G] [D] [G][C][G]
But the angels consulted St. Peter
[C]And flew me back to my hospital bed.
[G]My life was a new day a-dawning,[D]
[G]And the angels took Tommy instead. [C]
[G] [C][G][C][G]
OUTRO: (G-A-B) C C G C (G-A-B-B-B-C-B-A-G) C G
Tabbed out by Peter C
Notes in parentheses are single notes, not chords.
INTRO: (G-A-B) C C G C G C G C G
The curtain of darkness is fallin?
[G]And my friends are all here at my side.
[C]Are those the sweet voices of angels[G]
[G]As I rise on that heavenly tide?
[A] [D7]
All hearts overflowin? with sadness
[G]And those words left so often unsaid
[C]Then I could hear a voice whispering softly,[G]
[C]?Could I have all your stuff when your dead'[G][C]
[G] [D] [G][C][G]
?Could I have your TV and your pickup?
[C]And I?ve always admired your shoes.
[G]Could I have that old dining room table?
[C]And there?s a couple of chairs I could use.?
[G] [D7]
?Well, you know that you?re headed to glory,
[G]And like a star, up to heaven you?ll shoot
[C]When they write the last page of your story,[G]
[C]Could I try on that seersucker suit'[G][C]
[G] [D][G][C][G]
SOLO/INSTRUMENTAL: (G-A-B) C C G C G C G C G
It was the voice of my dear brother Thomas.
[G]He was kneelin? down close by my side.
[C]His breath had just come from a funeral[G]
[G]For a mouth full of teeth that had died.
[A] [D7]
Well, I prayed my last prayer for salvation.
[G]I was feelin? the touch of God?s hand.
[C]But I could still hear the voice of my brother[G]
[C]As they struck up that old angel band.[G][C]
[G] [D][G][C][G]
?Could I have your old ski boots and surf board?
[C]And maybe that four-poster bed?
[G]Would you mind if I took a few records?
[C]Just Nirvana, The Stones, and the Dead.?
[G] [D7]
Well, you know that you can?t take it with you
[G]To your heavenly home up on high.
[C]When you pass through those gates, and they hand [G]you your wings,
[C]Could I have all your stuff when you die?[G][C]
[G] [D] [G][C][G]
But the angels consulted St. Peter
[C]And flew me back to my hospital bed.
[G]My life was a new day a-dawning,[D]
[G]And the angels took Tommy instead. [C]
[G] [C][G][C][G]
OUTRO: (G-A-B) C C G C (G-A-B-B-B-C-B-A-G) C G
Tabbed out by Peter C