Just South Of Heaven

Blake Shelton

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Intro Riff (Guitar 1 plays with the slides Guitar 2 picks the notes) |-0-0-0---------------:|| |--2-2-2--------------:|| |------------2/6/4/2--:|| |---------2h4---------:|| |-------(0)-----------:|| |---------------------:|| X2 Intro Chords - - - - - - Verse I never liked the taste of whiskey til I kissed it off of her lips Never knew just what was hitting me getting me tipsy RIFF I But there I sit                            RIFF II Levi’s on a dogwood branch                      RIFF I Yeah she was taking me under                             RIFF II I might have lost my innocence                               RIFF I            But she was saving my soul that summer Chorus I don’t know much about eternity Or where somebody like me’s gonna wind up going All I know is that I have already been                                    RIFF I Parked in a Chevy by the deep river rolling And that summer night shooting star paradise Might be all that I’m getting Kissing and sipping that 7 and 7 Somewhere just south of heaven INTRO RIFF X2 or - - - X2 Vers 2 She might have been a falling angel                  RIFF III Nah I didn’t care at all I never thought a prayer could be answered With a whispered sweet southern drawl Even now when I close my eyes I see her silhouette dance on the river The way we spent those endless nights That’s the way I could spend forever Chorus I don’t know much about eternity Or where somebody like me’s gonna wind up going All I know is that I have already been                                    RIFF I Parked in a Chevy by the deep river rolling And that summer night shooting star paradise Might be all that I’m getting Kissing and sipping that 7 and 7 Somewhere just south of heaven - - - X2 Bridge Somewhere just beyond the Jericho line Little white church roll back through the pines Down where the three cross river unwinds If there’s a heaven on Earth man that’d be mine Chorus I don’t know much about eternity Or where somebody like me’s gonna wind up going All I know is that I have already been Parked in a Chevy by the deep river rolling And that summer night shooting star paradise Might be all that I’m getting Kissing and sipping that 7 and 7 Somewhere just south of heaven INTRO RIFF or - Oh yeah just south of heaven INTRO RIFF or   - - - Somewhere just beyond the Jericho line Little white church roll back through the pines Down where the three cross river unwinds If there’s a heaven on Earth man that’d be mine yeah       that’s be mine Oh just a little bit south of heaven INTRO RIFF or   - - - ______________________________________________________________________________________________ These riffs can be played many different ways.  I tried to keep them simple for one   guitar and singer |------| |------| |------| |------| |----2-| |-0h2--| RIFF I |------| |------| |------| |------| |-0h2--| |----2-| RIFF II |--------|    |------0--| |--------|    |-------2-| |-----2--|    |---------| |----0-4-|    |----0----| |-0h2----| or |-0h2-----| RIFF III (I prefer the second version)

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