Tone [C]
Capo 1
Intro
[C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Am]
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Verse: (Soft + Thumb)
[F] When I was [C] a kid
I used to [G] buy and sell [Am] gravity
[F] I knew [C] how to fly
And I would [G] teach you for a [Am] fee
[F] Broke every [C] window
In my [G] hotel [Am] heart
[F] When I was [C] only 5 years old
but [G] 12 years [Am] scarred
[F] And I'd [C] hear the same voice
[G] Echo in my [Am] mind
[F] Said, "Son you [C] got an angel,
To [G] chase the devil at [Am] night."
Yeah
Chorus: (Hard + Nail)
[F] When I was [C] a kid
My [G] grandfather was a [Am] preacher
[F] He'd talk [C] about God
Yeah he was [G] something like a [Am] teacher
[F] He said, "God only helps [C] those
Who [G] learn to help [Am] themselves."
He was a [F] million miles
[C] from a million dollars
But [G] you could never [Am] spend his wealth
Verse2 (Soft + Thumb)
[F] I took a [C] little faith
And [G] put it in a parking [Am] lot
[F] I drove [C] to a strange town
Full of " [G] have" and "have [Am] nots"
[F] And [C] as I walked through
that [G] storybook [Am] life
[F] I was looking [C] for an angel
to [G] chase the devil at [Am] night
Mute
Oh! Oh! Oh
Chorus (Hard + Nail)
[F] When I [C] was a kid
My grand [G] father was a [Am] preacher
[F] He'd talk a [C] bout God
Yeah he was [G] something like a [Am] teacher
[F] He said, "God only helps [C] those
Who [G] learn to help [Am] themselves."
He was a [F] million miles
[C] from a million dollars
But [G] you could never [Am] spend his wealth
Interlude/Bridge (Hard + Nail)
[F] Oh [C] ! O [G] h! [Am] Oh!
[F] Oo [C] h! [G] Oo [Am] h! Ooh!
(Soft + Thumb)
[F] Wave [C]
Put your hands [G] up and hands [Am] down
(Medium + Thumb)
[F] Wave [C]
Put your hands [G] up and hands [Am] down
(Hard + Thumb)
[F] Wave [C]
Put your hands [G] up and hands [Am] down
Chorus: (Hard + thumb)
[F] When I was a [C] kid
(Hard + Nail)
My [G] grandfather was a [Am] preacher
[F] He'd talk [C] about God
Yeah he was [G] something like a [Am] teacher
[F] He said, "God only helps [C] those
Who [G] learn to help [Am] themselves."
He was a [F] million miles
[C] from a million dollars
But [G] you could never [Am] spend his wealth
Outtro
(Hard + Thumb)
[F] [C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Am]
He was a [F] million miles
[C] from a million dollars
[Am] But you could never spend his weal
