Harvey Bodin Chords
by Brad Paisley
Harvey Bodin by Brad Paisley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Em, A7, G, D/F#, E7, Bm, A and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D
Verse:
D Em A7 D
Harvey Bodine died at 11:09 and he left behind a miserable wife
Em
But at 11:14, his heart came back on the screen
A7 D
Thanks to that defib machine, he came back to life
G D/F# A7 G D/F# A7
Oh, but those five minutes were Heaven, a peace unlike he'd ever known
G D/F# E7 (Bm)
And as he came back to the living
E7 G A D
He thought, please God, don't make me go - back to life
D Em
Verse:
D Em
When they told him what happened, how that green line had flattened
A7 D
Ol' Harvey just started laughing, he said you're telling me I died
D
Aw, and he thought about that woman, how she treated him for years
Em
All the yelling and the screaming and the naggin' and the tears
A7 D
And the way it wasn't really all that bad when he lost his life
G D/F# A7 G D/F# A7
Because those five minutes were Heaven, a peace unlike he'd ever known
G D/F# E7 Bm E7 G
And now he was back with the living and he found himself reaching for the phone
Bridge:
A Bm
And he called his lawyer, he called his priest
E7 A
And told them 'bout how they'd restarted his heart
Bm E7 A Bm7 A
And how his wedding vows were technically 'til death do us part
G A7 G D A7
You'll probably judge me and so be it, but you know boys, here's how I see it
Verse:
D Em A7 D
Harvey Bodine died at 11:09 and he left behind a miserable wife
Em
But at 11:14, my heart came back on that screen
A7 D
Thanks to that defib machine, I've come back to life