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