If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away

(Bb)Ev'ry day I drive to work across

Flint River Bridge

a hundred yards from the spot where (Eb)me and Grandpa fished.

There's a (F)piece of his old fruitstand on the side of Sawmill Road.

He'd be there peelin' peaches if it was (Eb)twenty years ago.

(Dm)And what I wouldn't give

to ride around in that old truck with him.

(F)If (Bb)heaven wasn't so far away,

I'd (Eb)pack up the kids and go for the day.

(F)Introduce 'em to their grandpa;

(Eb)watch 'em laugh at the way he talked.

(Bb)Find my long lost cousin John,

the (Eb)one we left back in Vietnam.

(F)Show him a picture of his daughter now;

(Eb)she's a doctor and he'd be proud.

(Gm)Tell 'em we'd be back in a couple of days.

In the rearview mirror (F)we'd all watch 'em wave.

Yeah, (Gm)losin' them wouldn't (F)be so hard to (Eb)take

if heaven wasn't so (F)far away.

(Eb)I'd (Bb)hug all three of those girls we lost from the (Eb)class of ninetynine.

And I'd (Bb)find my bird dog Bo

and take him (Eb)huntin' one more time.

(F)Ask Hank why he took those pills (Eb)back in fiftythree

and (F)Janis to sing the second verse of (Eb)"Me and Bobby McGee."

Sit (Dm)on a cloud and visit for a while.

It'd do me good just to see them (Eb)smile.

(F)If far, if (Eb)heaven wasn't so (F)far,

if (Eb)heaven wasn't so (F)far away,

(Eb)so far away,

(Eb)so far away.