When I Get My Wings

	  		
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