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