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