Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
Bm
G
Well, ol' Joe woke up
G
D
or else they'll go dry
G
D
so it was no surprise
A
Bm
'Til he walked outside and seen
D
Verse 2
Bm
G
Well, it was 40 feet up
A
Bm
It was pumping like a mad man
G
D
swept up in the tide
G
Asus4
D
she came out from the inside
Bm
A
She fell to her knees
Verse 3
D
G
D
in a baby's hand
G
D
near the Rio Grande
Bm
G
D
It shined like a diamond in a jar of sand
A
D
look like it was born again
Verse 4
D
G
A
D
I put my heart up in the sky,
G
A
D
I pushed it way up high
A
G
A
Bm
G
I just wondered what the people'd do
A
D
up there in the blue?
G
A
I put my heart up in the sky,
D
G
A
D
I can't really tell you why
G
A
Bm
D
I just wondered what the people'd do
G
D
If they'd see my heart
A
D
up there in the blue?
Verse 5
G
D
A
like to have him a stroke
D
A
D
Bm
And he called for his wife,
G
A
D
who thought it was just some kind of joke
A
Bm
Like when he called the preacher up
G
D
'cause the hen's laid triple yokes
A
D
that was taller than an oak
Verse 6
D
G
A
I put my heart up in the sky,
D
G
A
D
I pushed it way up high
G
A
Bm
G
I just wondered what the people'd do
D
A
D
If they'd see my heart up there in the blue?
G
A
D
I put my heart up in the sky,
G
A
D
I can't really tell you why
G
A
Bm
D
I just wondered what the people'd do
G
D
A
D
If they'd see my heart up there in the blue?
Interlude 1
G
A
D
A
G
A
D
A
G
A
G
D
A
D
Verse 7
G
D
get the paper on the wire
A
Bm
And they had their son paged,
G
A
D
he was a contractor for hire
Bm
And they called their estranged daughter,
G
D
she fell in love with a man from the Ozark mire
A
D
First Presbyterian choir
Verse 8
D
A
G
They had a doctor called in from town
Bm
D
He showed up in a Chevy with
Said there's nothing you could do
Bm
A
It was a healthy heart that old Joe found
Verse 9
A
G
A
D
I put my heart up in the sky,
G
Asus4
D
I pushed it way up high
G
A
Bm
G
I just wondered what the people'd do
Asus4
A
there in the blue?
D
G
A
I put my heart up in the sky,
D
G
A
D
I can't really tell you why
G
A
Bm
D
I just wondered what the people'd do
G
D
A
D
If they'd see my heart up there in the blue?
Outro 1
G
A
Asus4
D
G
A
D
G
A
D
G
D
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD Bm G A Asus4
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