If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Every day I drive to work
a[C]cross Flint river bridge
A [G]hundred yards from the spot
Where [C]me and grandpa fished
There's a [D]piece of his old fruit stand
On the [C]side of Sawmill Road
He'd [D]be there peeling peaches
If it [C]was twenty years ago

[Pre-chorus 1]
[Bm]And what I wouldn't give[C]
To [Cbm]ride around
in that old truck with [C]him[D]

[Chorus 1]
If [G]heaven wasn't so far away
I'd [C]pack up the kids and go for the day
[D]Introduce 'em to their grandpa
[C]Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks
I'd [G]find my long lost cousin John
The [C]one we left back in Vietnam
[D]Show him a picture of his daughter now
[C]She's a doctor and he'd be proud
[Em]Tell him we'd be [D]back in a couple of [C]days
In the [Em]rear view mirror,
[D]we'd all watch 'em [C]wave
Yeah, and [Em]losing them
wouldn't [D]be so [C]hard to take
If heaven wasn't so [D]far away

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
I'd [G]hug all three of those girls
We lost from the [C]class of '99
And I'd [G]find my bird dog Bo
And take him [C]huntin' one more time
[D]Ask Hank why he took those pills [C]back in '53
And [D]Janis to sing the second verse
[C]of "Me and Bobby McGee"

[Pre-chorus 2]
Sit [Bm]on a cloud and visit for a w[C]hile
It'd [Cbm]do me good just to see them smi[C]le[D]

[Chorus 2]
If [G]heaven wasn't so far away
I'd [C]pack up the kids and go for the day
[D]Introduce 'em to their grandpa
[C]Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks
I'd [G]find my long lost cousin John
The [C]one we left back in Vietnam
[D]Show him a picture of his daughter now
[C]She's a doctor and he'd be proud
[Em]Tell him we'd be [D]back in a couple of [C]days
In the [Em]rear view mirror,
[D]we'd all watch 'em [C]wave
Yeah, and [Em]losing them
wouldn't [D]be so [C]hard to take
If heaven wasn't so [D]far
If [C]heaven wasn't [D]so far
If [C]heaven wasn't so [D]far away

[Outro 1]
[G]So [C]far away
[G]So [C]far away
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