Chords for 56, Ar
Tempo:
70.9 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
D
A
Dm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Gm] [Dm]
[Gm] [D] Daddy went to heaven in a chariot of [G] fire.
Mama went to [D] hell in her Chevy blue attire.
Maggie went to [Dm] limbo in the candle litter [Gm] curls.
I lingered here [D] in Arkansas to kill the pretty girl.
Daddy was a preacher and he always said to [Gm] me,
Please be a loving Lord, [D] my son, and what he'll do to thee.
The people said a twister took my daddy away,
[Gm] But I always knew he rode a horse and a [D] chariot that day.
Mama couldn't stand the strain and every day she [Gm] cried.
I'm sad to say [E] she spent her days with a model by [D] her side.
Drove up on a mountain and she couldn't [Am] get no [Gm] higher.
The tire popped in the Chevy [D] driver and he lost her in the fire.
I fell in love with Maggie and her golden [Gm] curly hair.
But all them fellers followed her and told [D] her she was fair.
And then one night my candlelight as she went off the [Gm] bed,
Somehow that candle fell on [A] her and now poor [D] Maggie's dead.
[Gm] I have walked a narrow path as [D] Lord and Queen God [Gm] will.
These works is Daddy taught her, he keep telling me to kill.
Chase them all good and their [A] broke, leave them to the pro.
[Bb] And have no fear for one [A] will ever know.
[D] I lingered here in Arkansas, no moral [Gm] code in life.
They called the town another name whenever [D] someone died.
They called the town 184 when I came here to [Gm] dwell.
They'll call it 56 [A]
when [E] I'm [Ab] here.
[Db] [Dm] Hell.
[Gm] [D] Daddy went to heaven in a chariot of [G] fire.
Mama went to [D] hell in her Chevy blue attire.
Maggie went to [Dm] limbo in the candle litter [Gm] curls.
I lingered here [D] in Arkansas to kill the pretty girl.
Daddy was a preacher and he always said to [Gm] me,
Please be a loving Lord, [D] my son, and what he'll do to thee.
The people said a twister took my daddy away,
[Gm] But I always knew he rode a horse and a [D] chariot that day.
Mama couldn't stand the strain and every day she [Gm] cried.
I'm sad to say [E] she spent her days with a model by [D] her side.
Drove up on a mountain and she couldn't [Am] get no [Gm] higher.
The tire popped in the Chevy [D] driver and he lost her in the fire.
I fell in love with Maggie and her golden [Gm] curly hair.
But all them fellers followed her and told [D] her she was fair.
And then one night my candlelight as she went off the [Gm] bed,
Somehow that candle fell on [A] her and now poor [D] Maggie's dead.
[Gm] I have walked a narrow path as [D] Lord and Queen God [Gm] will.
These works is Daddy taught her, he keep telling me to kill.
Chase them all good and their [A] broke, leave them to the pro.
[Bb] And have no fear for one [A] will ever know.
[D] I lingered here in Arkansas, no moral [Gm] code in life.
They called the town another name whenever [D] someone died.
They called the town 184 when I came here to [Gm] dwell.
They'll call it 56 [A]
when [E] I'm [Ab] here.
[Db] [Dm] Hell.
Key:
Gm
D
A
Dm
E
Gm
D
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ Daddy went to heaven in a chariot of [G] fire.
Mama went to [D] hell in her Chevy blue attire.
Maggie went to [Dm] limbo in the candle litter [Gm] curls.
I lingered here [D] in Arkansas to kill the pretty girl. _ _
Daddy was a preacher and he always said to [Gm] me,
Please be a loving Lord, [D] my son, and what he'll do to thee.
The people said a twister took my daddy away,
[Gm] But I always knew he rode a horse and a [D] chariot that day.
_ _ Mama couldn't stand the strain and every day she [Gm] cried.
I'm sad to say [E] she spent her days with a model by [D] her side.
Drove up on a mountain and she couldn't [Am] get no [Gm] higher.
The tire popped in the Chevy [D] driver and he lost her in the fire. _
_ I fell in love with Maggie and her golden [Gm] curly hair.
But all them fellers followed her and told [D] her she was fair.
And then one night my candlelight as she went off the [Gm] bed,
Somehow that candle fell on [A] her and now poor [D] Maggie's dead.
_ _ _ [Gm] I have walked a narrow path as [D] Lord and Queen God [Gm] will.
These works is Daddy taught her, he keep telling me to kill.
Chase them all good and their [A] broke, leave them to the pro.
[Bb] And have no fear for one [A] will ever know. _ _
_ [D] I lingered here in Arkansas, no moral [Gm] code in life.
They called the town another name whenever [D] someone died.
They called the town 184 when I came here to [Gm] dwell.
They'll call it 56 _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
when [E] I'm _ [Ab] here. _ _
_ [Db] _ [Dm] _ _ Hell. _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ Daddy went to heaven in a chariot of [G] fire.
Mama went to [D] hell in her Chevy blue attire.
Maggie went to [Dm] limbo in the candle litter [Gm] curls.
I lingered here [D] in Arkansas to kill the pretty girl. _ _
Daddy was a preacher and he always said to [Gm] me,
Please be a loving Lord, [D] my son, and what he'll do to thee.
The people said a twister took my daddy away,
[Gm] But I always knew he rode a horse and a [D] chariot that day.
_ _ Mama couldn't stand the strain and every day she [Gm] cried.
I'm sad to say [E] she spent her days with a model by [D] her side.
Drove up on a mountain and she couldn't [Am] get no [Gm] higher.
The tire popped in the Chevy [D] driver and he lost her in the fire. _
_ I fell in love with Maggie and her golden [Gm] curly hair.
But all them fellers followed her and told [D] her she was fair.
And then one night my candlelight as she went off the [Gm] bed,
Somehow that candle fell on [A] her and now poor [D] Maggie's dead.
_ _ _ [Gm] I have walked a narrow path as [D] Lord and Queen God [Gm] will.
These works is Daddy taught her, he keep telling me to kill.
Chase them all good and their [A] broke, leave them to the pro.
[Bb] And have no fear for one [A] will ever know. _ _
_ [D] I lingered here in Arkansas, no moral [Gm] code in life.
They called the town another name whenever [D] someone died.
They called the town 184 when I came here to [Gm] dwell.
They'll call it 56 _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
when [E] I'm _ [Ab] here. _ _
_ [Db] _ [Dm] _ _ Hell. _ _