I Got Wings

(a.k.a. "I Got Shoes" & "Heaven, Heaven")

Words & Music:

Traditional Gospel

 

Correspondent RM wrote looking for more info on this and led me to learn that this has a zillion other versions and is also known as "I Got Shoes".  Marian Anderson sang it under the title "Heaven, Heaven".  Arrangements for this are scarce.  These chords are the only ones I could find and are at megachords.com & e-chords.com.

 

G     Em     G       Em     G            Em     G    Em

I got shoes, you got shoes, all o' God's people have shoes.

G             G7            C         D9

When I get to Heaven, gonna put on my shoes.

G              D11        G       D7      G

Gonna walk all over God's Heaven, Heaven, Heaven.

 

CHORUS:

            G7            C              D9

Everybody's talkin' 'bout Heaven and I'm goin' there.

G       D7            G    C        D7    G      C G

Heaven, Heaven, gonna walk all over God's Heaven.

[alt chorus:  "Everybody talkin' 'bout Heaven; ain't goin' there;

Heaven, gonna fly (walk, play, etc.) all over God's Heaven."

]

 

I got wings, you got wings, all o' God's children got wings.

When I get to Heaven, gonna put on my wings

And gonna fly all over God's Heaven, Heaven, Heaven.

 

CHORUS:

 

I got a harp, you got a harp, all o' God's children got a harp.

When I get to Heaven, gonna put on my a harp

And gonna play all over God's Heaven, Heaven, Heaven.

 

CHORUS:

 

I got a robe, you got a robe, all o' God's children got a robe.

When I get to Heaven, gonna put on my a robe

And gonna shout all over God's Heaven, Heaven, Heaven.

 

CHORUS:

 

 




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