I'm Going To Build Me A Heaven Of My Own chords by
Lightnin' Hopkins

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Key: D major

Verse 1
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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
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Build a heaven
I'm gettin' tired of seein' these
women
Walk 'round here and sufferin' goin' on
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Yeah, I'm gonna build me a heaven
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A small one
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I'm gonna build me a heaven
of my own

Verse 3
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I'm gonna build me a heaven
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I'm gonna build me a heaven of my
own
You know, so all of these lov
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in' women
Well, man, I can give them a happy
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home
That's right,
I'm gonna build a heaven of my own

Verse 4
A man ain't allowed in there
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Yeah, you know I ain't gonna
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call myself "Jesus"
Oh no, man,
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I ain't gonna play God
No, I ain't gon' call myself
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"Jesus"
Neither am I
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Po Lightnin' ain't gon' call himself "God"

Verse 5
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When he walk up and says, "I'm
walkin' God"
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I'm gonna say "No
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You can't come in, now you is
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bought
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'Cause I know there ain't but one God
He never been seen

Interlude 1

I just heard His voice"

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Verse 6

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I'm gonna tell you

something God knows it's true

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The one we never seen

Verse 7
I say, know this is true
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Why would I come and ask you, God
When I know just as much
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as you do?
Why should I be down
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on my knees to you
When I know just as much
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as you do, too
You know, we both better pray, man
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I think that'll be the best thing for

Interlude 2

us to do

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Verse 8
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I see the man with long beard
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
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And I, yeah, I spoke the same words
twice
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I said, "Now, if you JC, baby
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Will you please give Po Lightnin' the key?
I got an angel I want to enter your heaven
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That an gel keeps on following me"

Verse 10
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You know he began to 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"
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He said, "I'm gon' to turn my whole heaven

Verse 11
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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
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He said, "No, this chain don't mean
too much to a man
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But it likes to open the door and give every living
creature a helping hand
And I said, "Now,
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Mr. JC, will you please help for me?"
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He said, "My heaven is for women only
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Take a peak now, don't you see?"

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