Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
Albert King
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Tom : Ab
Eb7 Fb7 Eb7 Ab Fm Bb7 Eb
a
[Verse 1]
Ab7
Everybody wants to laugh, ah, but nobody wants to cry.
a Db7 Ab7
I say everybody wants to laugh but nobody wants to cry.
Eb7 Fb7 Eb7 Ab7 Fm Bb7 Eb
Everybody wants to go to heaven, mm, but nobody wants to die.
[Verse 2]
A Ab7
Everybody wants to hear the truth but, yet everybody wants to tell a lie.
a Db7 Ab7
I said ev’rybody wants to hear the truth but still they all want to tell a lie.
Eb7 Fb7 Eb7 Ab7 Fm Bb7 Eb
Oh, everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
[Solo Guitar]
Ab7 Db/A Ab7
Db/Ab (2x)
Db7 Ab7 Db/A Ab7 Db/Ab Ab7 Db/A Ab7 Db/Ab Eb7 Fb7 Eb7 Ab7 Fm Bb7 Eb
[Verse 3]
Ab7
Everybody want to know the reason without even askin' why.
a Db7 Ab7
Oh, everybody want to know the reason, oh, without even askin' why.
Eb7 Fb7 Eb7 Ab7 Fm Bb7 Eb
You know ev’rybody want to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
[Outro Solo]
Ab7 Db7 Ab7 Eb7 Fb7 Eb7 Ab7
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Detected progression: Eb7 → Fb7 → Eb7 → Ab → Fm → Bb7 → Eb → a
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