Outskirts Of Heaven (acoustic) Chords

KeyG Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays491

Outskirts Of Heaven (acoustic) by Craig Campbell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords G, Cadd9, D, Am, Em and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
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Intro: G Cadd9 G Cadd9 

Verse
 
G                          Cadd9 
My grandpa taught me about buck knifes and shot guns 
G                                       D 
And how to cast an old zebco and how to work a stick shift 
   G                         Cadd9 
He taught me the bible about all 12 disciples 
       G                             D 
And he made sure that I know there’s life after this 
     Am                 Em 
With pearly gates and streets of gold 
Cadd9                           D        
He said if I just believe that’s where I’ll go 


            G           Cadd9                    G      Cadd9 
Lord when I die I wanna live on the outskirts of heaven 
                             G                    Cadd9                  D 
Where there’s dirt roads for miles and hay in the fields and fish in the river 
                Em                             D                            Cadd9 
Where there’s dogwood trees and honey bees and blue skies and green grass forever 
                G           Cadd9                    G      Cadd9 
So lord when I die, I wanna live on the outskirts of heaven 

Verse 
       G                              Cadd9 
Now it says in the King James in the almightys kingdom 
   G                            D 
He mentions a mansion that he’s built just for me 
    G                         Cadd9 
Now I’d gladly trade it for a farm house with acreage 
        G                           D 
And a back yard that’s shaded and a squeaky front porch swing 
D 
That’s where I wanna hang my wings 

 
       G           Cadd9                    G      Cadd9 
When I die I wanna live on the outskirts of heaven 
                             G                    Cadd9                  D 
Where there’s dirt roads for miles and hay in the fields and fish in the river 
              Em                               D                            Cadd9 
Where there’s dogwood trees and honey bees and blue skies and green grass forever 
               G            Cadd9                    G 
So lord when I die, I wanna live on the outskirts of heaven. Yes, I do 

Interlude 
F D 

Bridge 
         Em                                 D                            Cadd9 
Yeah the good lord knows me he knows I need blue skies and green grass forever 

Outro 
            G           Cadd9                    G      Cadd9                            
Lord when I die I wanna live on the outskirts of heaven 
            G           Cadd9                    G      Cadd9 
Yeah when I die I wanna live on the outskirts of heaven 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante