I'm Going To Build Me A Heaven Of My Own chords by Lightnin' Hopkins
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Verse 1
(D major) This is dedicated to the whole
world
The women, especially
The men can just listen and think about
what I'm 'bout to tell 'em
The women,
this is dedicated to all women in the world
It goes like this
Verse 2
(D major) Build a heaven
I'm gettin' tired of seein' these
women
Walk 'round here and sufferin' goin' on
(A major) Yeah, I'm gonna (D major) build me a heaven
A small one (G major)
I'm gonna build me (D major) a heaven
of my own
Verse 3
I'm gonna build me (G major) a heaven
I'm gon (D major) na build me a heaven of my
own
You know, so all of these lov
(A major) in' women (G major)
Well, man, I can give them a happy
(D major) home
That's right,
I'm gonna build a heaven of my own
Verse 4
A man ain't allowed in there
(D major)
Yeah, you know I ain't gonna
call myself "Jesus" (G major)
Oh no, man,
I ain't gonna play God (D major)
No, I ain't gon' call myself
(G major) "Jesus"
Neither am I
Po Lightnin' ain't gon' call himself (D major) "God"
Verse 5
(D major)
When he walk up and (A major) says, "I'm
walkin' God"
I'm gonna say "No (D major)
(G major) You can't come in, now you is
(D major) bought
(G major) 'Cause I know there ain't (D major) but one God
He never been seen
Interlude 1
I just heard His voice"
(D major) (G major) (D major)
(A major) (G major)
Verse 6
(D major) I'm gonna tell you
something God knows it's true
(A major) The one we never (G major) seen (D major)
Verse 7
I say, know this is true
(D major) Why would I come and ask you, God (G major)
When I know just as much
as (D major) you do?
Why should I be down
on my knees (G major) to you
When I know just as much
as you do, too (D major)
You know, we both better pray, man
(G major) I think (D major) that'll be the best thing for
Interlude 2
us to do
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 8
I see the man with long beard (D major)
It sure do tickle me
And I, I walk up to speak to him and he say,
"Hello, my name is JC"
I didn't know what he was talkin';bout
But he called himself "Jesus Christ"
And I turned around and I spoke
these words back at him
Verse 9
And I, (D major) yeah, I spoke the same words
twice
I said, "Now, (G major) if you JC, baby
Will you please (D major) give Po Lightnin' the key?
I got an angel I want to enter your heaven
(G major) That (D major) an gel keeps on following me" (G major) (D major)
Verse 10
You know he (G major) began to (D major) whirl his chain
Right on his hand
He said, "You look like a pretty
honest man"
He said "Just show me an
angel and I'm gon to tell you
What I'm going to do"
He said, "I'm gon' to turn my whole (G major) heaven
Verse 11
(D major)
Kingdom and all over to you"
I said, "No, I can't do like you can do
But I can stand at the door and pass
them angels through"
Verse 12
He said, "No, this chain don't mean (D major)
too much to a man
But it likes to open the door and give (D major) every living
creature a helping hand
And I said, "Now,
(G major) Mr. JC, will you please help (D major) for me?"
He said, "My heaven is for women (D major) only
(G major) Take a (D major) peak now, don't you see?"
I'm Going To Build Me A Heaven Of My Own
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