Doc Watson – Open Up Them Pearly Gates (Guitar)

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[Intro]
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D |----0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0h2-2-|-2------4-2-0--0--0-2-4-|-2-0-2-0----0---0-0-0-2-|0-0-0-0h2-2--2------4-2-0|
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E |------------------------|-------------3-3--------|------------------------|-------------------------|

e |---3--------------------|--3-----3---3-----------|
B |---3----0---------------|--3-----3---3-----------|
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D |---0--------4----2-0----|--0-----0---0--0-2p0----|
A |---2----------------1/2-|--2-0h2-2---2-2---------|
E |-3-3--------------------|3-3-----3-3-3-----------|
[Verse 1]
G                          C
Now listen all you sinners if you want to go to heaven,

            G                                       D7
heaven  you better get down right on your knees and pray

G               G7      C
All you gamblin sinners better quit sayin' that seven 'leven

D7                                               G
or you won't be ready for to meet that judgement day
[Chorus]
G                   G7     C
Open up them pearly gates. Open up them pearly gates.

G                             D
Open up them pearly gates for me

G                          G7     C              C7
When you hear that trumpet blast. I'll be coming home at last.

D7                            G
Open up them pearly gates for me
[Break 1]
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B |----3---3-------3-----1-|----1-1--------3--------|------------1---3---3---|----3-----1-----1-1------|
G |----0---0-------0-----0-|0-0-2-0-0-0-0--0--------|0---0----0--2---0---0---|----0-----0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0|
D |----0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0h2-2-|-2------4-2-0--0--0-2-4-|-2-0-2-0----0---0-0-0-2-|0-0-0-0h2-2--2------4-2-0|
A |-0h2---------2----------|---------------2-2------|--------2-0--0h2--------|-2-----------------------|
E |------------------------|-------------3-3--------|------------------------|-------------------------|

e |---3--------------------|--3-----3---3-----------|
B |---3----0---------------|--3-----3---3-----------|
G |---0-2-0-2-0-2-0--------|--0-----0---0-------0---|
D |---0--------4----2-0----|--0-----0---0--0-2p0----|
A |---2----------------1/2-|--2-0h2-2---2-2---------|
E |-3-3--------------------|3-3-----3-3-3-----------|
[Verse 4]
G                          G7
You'd better take that old keg of gin

C
and dump every bit right in the river

G                                 D
and don't let old satan take your hand

G                     G7
For if you fill it up again

C
Gonna get a hole right in your liver

D7                                                    G
and the gates won't open when you reach that promised land
[Chorus]
G                   G7     C
Open up them pearly gates. Open up them pearly gates.

G                             D
Open up them pearly gates for me

G                          G7     C              C7
When you hear that trumpet blast. I'll be coming home at last.

D7                            G
Open up them pearly gates for me
[Break 2]
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B |----3---3-------3-----1-|----1-1--------3--------|------------1---3---3---|----3-----1-----1-1------|
G |----0---0-------0-----0-|0-0-2-0-0-0-0--0--------|0---0----0--2---0---0---|----0-----0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0|
D |----0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0h2-2-|-2------4-2-0--0--0-2-4-|-2-0-2-0----0---0-0-0-2-|0-0-0-0h2-2--2------4-2-0|
A |-0h2---------2----------|---------------2-2------|--------2-0--0h2--------|-2-----------------------|
E |------------------------|-------------3-3--------|------------------------|-------------------------|

e |---3--------------------|--3-----3---3-----------|
B |---3----0---------------|--3-----3---3-----------|
G |---0-2-0-2-0-2-0--------|--0-----0---0-------0---|
D |---0--------4----2-0----|--0-----0---0--0-2p0----|
A |---2----------------1/2-|--2-0h2-2---2-2---------|
E |-3-3--------------------|3-3-----3-3-3-----------|
[Verse 3]
G                     G7
Better go out to your chicken roost

C
and ask yourself an honest question

G                                        D
and the good Lord's gonna know it if you lie.

G                        G7             C
You better turn all them chickens loose or you're gonna die from indigestion

D7                                G
when you eat that stolen chicken pie

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B |----3-0-----------------|
G |-------3-2-0------------|
D |------------3-2-0-0-----|
A |-----------------2------|
E |-------------------3----|
[Chorus]
G                   G7     C
Open up them pearly gates. Open up them pearly gates.

G                             D
Open up them pearly gates for me

G                          G7     C              C7
When you hear that trumpet blast. I'll be coming home at last.

D7                            G
Open up them pearly gates for me
[Outro]
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B |----3---3-------3-----1-|----1-1--------3--------|------------1---3---3---|----3-----1-----1-1------|
G |----0---0-------0-----0-|0-0-2-0-0-0-0--0--------|0---0----0--2---0---0---|----0-----0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0|
D |----0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0h2-2-|-2------4-2-0--0--0-2-4-|-2-0-2-0----0---0-0-0-2-|0-0-0-0h2-2--2------4-2-0|
A |-0h2---------2----------|---------------2-2------|--------2-0--0h2--------|-2-----------------------|
E |------------------------|-------------3-3--------|------------------------|-------------------------|

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B |---3----0---------------|--3-----3---3-----------|
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E |-3-3--------------------|3-3-----3-3-3-----------|

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G |----0---0-------0-----0-|0-0-2-0-0-0-0--0--------|0---0----0--2---0---0---|----0-----0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0|
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E |------------------------|-------------3-3--------|------------------------|-------------------------|

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B |---3----0---------------|--3-----3---3-----------|-------3--3-1-3-0-1-0---|-------------------0-1-1-|
G |---0-2-0-2-0-2-0--------|--0-----0---0-------0---|0------0-----------2-3\2|0---0-----------0-2----0-|
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A |---2----------------1/2-|--2-0h2-2---2-2---------|--1p0--2----------------|--------2-3------------3-|
E |-3-3--------------------|3-3-----3-3-3-----------|-----3-3----------------|-------------------------|

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E |------------------------|-------------3-3--------|------------------------|-------------------------|

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