Verse
B
I live on a street named after a saint
B
Women in the churches wear powder and paint
E
Where the Jews and the Catholics and Muslims all pray
B
I can tell a Proddy from a mile away
F# E
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Reed indeed
B F# B
Gimme that old time religion, it’s just what I need
[Verse 2]
B
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory
B
Go tell it on the mountain, go tell the real story
E
Tell in that straightforward Puritanical tone
B
In the mystic hours, when a person’s alone
F# E
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, Godspeed
B F# B
Thump on the bible, proclaim a creed
[Instrumental]
B
[Verse 3]
B
You won’t amount to much, the people all said
B
Cuz I didn’t play guitar behind my head
E
Never pandered, never acted proud
B
Never took off my shoes throw them in the crowds
F# E
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye and good night
B F# B
Put a jewel in your crown and I’ll put out the light
[Instrumental]
B
[Verse 4]
B
They threw everything at me, everything in the book
B
I had nothing to fight with but a butcher’s hook
E
They had no pity, they never lent a hand
B
I can’t sing a song I don’t understand
F# E
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye and good luck
B F# B
I can’t play the record cuz my needle got stuck
[Verse 5]
B
Transparent woman in a transparent dress
B
Suits you well I must confess
E
I break open your grapes, I suck out the juice
B
I need you like my head needs a noose
F# E
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye and so long
B F# B
I thought I could resist her but I was so wrong
[Verse 6]
B
God be with you, brother dear
B
If you don’t mind me asking, what brings you here?
E
Ah nothing much, I’m just looking for the man
B
Came to see where he’s lying in this lost land
F# E
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, and everything within ya
B F# B
Can’t you hear me calling from down in Virginia
[Outro]
A
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