Heaven ain't ready for you yet chords by
Emmylou Harris

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
B B 2
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When they carried
you into the parlor
E E 
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B B 2
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Your wounds were the worst I'd seen
G#m G#m 4
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Cold as snow as your body trembled
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Cradled in the arms of morphine
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All the kinfolk cried out loud
E E 
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B B 2
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"Good Shepherd save this man"
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But you whispered with icy   breath
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"It is not in His hands,"
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and you said
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"Heaven ain't ready for me yet,"
E E 
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and you looked at me
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"Give me your heart and take a bet,"
E E 
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and you held my hand
"Now I've seen your face,
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now that we've met
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E E 
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"I shall not slip away"
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Mama said to me, "daughter
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"You must nurse your cousin well"
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So I cared for you through
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days  and nights
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But your fever I did not quell
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For weeks I watched you suffer pain
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That no laudanum could ease
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All I had left to do    is pray
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"Lord have mercy on him please,"
E E 
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and you said
B B 2
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"Heaven ain't ready for me yet,"
E E 
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and you looked at me
B B 2
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"Give me your heart and take a bet,"
E E 
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and you held my hand
"Now I've seen your face,
F# F# 2
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now that we've met
B B 2
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E E 
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B B 2
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E E 
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"I shall not slip away"
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Now winter's lights has cooled the air
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At last your strength's returned
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F# F# 2
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G#m G#m 4
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You talk to me of the life  you spent
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And of the life you've earned
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You'll waste no time on vengeance
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You've no wish to fight again
"To find peace," you say,
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G#m G#m 4
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"In God we    trust
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E E 
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"But little faith in Man"
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Heaven ain't' ready for you yet, Jesse
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I'll give you my heart,
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E E 
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I'll take a bet, Jesse
Now I've seen your face,
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now that we've met