Just This Side Of Heaven

Words & Music by

Jon Swenson

(From the album "No Frills")

[capo 1]

 

G                                           Am

Well, I'm over here.  I'm just this side of Heaven.

             C           G      D

But it's the wrong side, so I'm told.

G                                     Am

If I was young, there'd be time for repentin'.

       C                         D

But my sun is going down and the years have made me old.

 

CHORUS

D          B                      Em

So, if you pray tonight, put in a word for me

              A                     C             D

Tell them you heard from me and I'm not so bad at all.

                  G            Am

'Cause there's no angel flying near to me.

               C              D              G

And I got this fear, you see, that I'm gonna fall.

 

Hey, I'm over here.  I'm just this side of Heaven.

Having a good time with my friends.

They hang with me because I'm rolling sevens

But I know that when the dice grow cold, I'll be hanging by loose ends.

So, if you pray tonight, put in a word for me

Tell them you heard from me and I'm not so bad at all.

There's no angel flying near to me.

And I got this fear, you see, that I'm gonna fall.

 

BRIDGE:

G         B7                           Em

I walk on thin ice, the fine line, I'm playing with the fire.

       A                                D

In the long run, I'm not a bad one, but all my straits are dire.

 

D

And so I'm here.  I'm just this side of Heaven.

But it's my blind side, so they say.

It's not the low life that I'm representing.

But unless you see inside, I guess it's gonna look that way.

So, if you pray tonight, put in a word for me

Tell them you heard from me and I'm not so bad at all.

There's no angel flying near to me.

And I got this fear, you see, that I'm gonna fall.

 

 




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