Verse 1:
A D E A
Won't you take me with you darling I don't want to stay
A D E
A
And this place just keeps on getting sadder ever since you went away
A D E A
And I smell you on this pillow as I lie here in our old bed
A D E A
With a bottle and a bible, I just pray I might get some rest
D A Asus4
When I get my wings I'm a gonna
E A
Fly back home to you
D A F#m
And go ahead and you can tell St. Peter
E A
Open up, I'm coming through
Verse 2:
A D E A
And I put you in that blue dress and a new pair of high heel shoes
A D
E A
And a photograph of two love drunk kids on the day that they said i do
A D E A
57 years of memories fall like the rain comes down
A D E A
And I could not help myself but cry as they laid you in the ground
D A Asus4
When I get my wings I'm a gonna
E A Asus4
Fly back home to you
D A F#m
Go ahead and you can tell St. Peter
E A Asus4
Open up, I'm coming on through
D E A
Bridge:
D A
And every Sunday I kneel down to pray that I won't be alone
C#m B D E
And every night I lay down and hope I wake up back in your arms (not too sure about the
chords in this verse)
Solo: A D E
D A Asus4
When I get my wings I'm a gonna
E A
Fly back home to you
D A
And go ahead and you can tell St. Peter
E
Open up, I'm coming on through
D A
And I don't think, don't think I can wait any longer
E A Asus4
O Lord I'm counting down the days
D A F#m
I'm gonna come back, come back and hold you my love
D E A
Soon as I get my wings o Lord
D A E
Just as soon as I get my wings one more time Lord
D E A
Soon as I get my wings