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