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On the Road to Kingdom Come Chords

Music by: Harry Chapin
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[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][G]

[Verse 1]
[C]The Smoke Witch says,
"Wahoo!"
[G]And the Wise Man says, "Me too!"
And the [F]Guru says, "Wa[G]zoo!"
So [F]do [G]what you do!
[C]

[Verse 2]
The priests stand in their pulpits
The [Am]Pope sits on his throne
[F]The parishes are empty
And [G]the choirboys on their own
Un[Em]til the second coming
Yes, [F]they're leaving us alone
And [C]God [G]in His [Am]heaven
Has de[Em]cided to keep [G]mum

[Verse 3]
'Cause He's [F]just another [C]traveler
On the [G]Road to [Em]Kingdom [Am]Come
And all [G]is said and done
He's just an[Am]other one

[Verse 4]
[C]Pity Mr. President
[Am]He can't do a thing
[F]He says everywhere he went
We [G]tried to make him sing
Our [Em]lonely White House resident
Says [F]we should have made him King
Maybe [C]then he [G]could have [Am]saved us
From [Em]the truth we were hiding [G]from

[Verse 5]
But [F]he is just an[Am]other [F]trav[Am] eler
On the [G]Road to [Em]Kingdom [Am]Come
And all [G]is said and done
He was just an[Am]other one

[Verse 6]
[C]The General's in his game room
But his [Am]Soldier won't salute
Ever [F]since he was promoted
[G]He can't pop his chute
His [Em]shrink says he is paranoid
'Bout [F]communistic roots
So [C]unfurl [G]the[Am] flag boys
[Em]Start beating his drum

[Verse 7]
[G]Yes we've got to [F]get another str[C]aggler
On [G]the Road [Em]to Kingdom [Am]Come
And all [G]is said and done
He was just an[Am]other one
He's an[G]other one

[Verse 8]
And [C]the Smoke Witch says, "Wahoo!"
[G]And the Wise Man says, "Me too!"
And the [F]Guru says, "Wa[Em]zoo!"
[G]So [Em]do wh[G]at[F] you[G] do![C]

[Verse 9]
[C]Wow! The lead singers raucous
As [Am]he screams out the truth
Then the [F]band hold a caucus
And de[G]cides to sell their youth

[Verse 10]
Our [Em]Manager he'll hawk us
As [F]along as we're uncouth
And we'll [C]call it re[G]volu[Am]tion
But we'll [Em]crank out Bubble [G]Gum
'Cause there's [F]the margin
doom for trav[C]elers
[G]On the Road to Kingdom [Am]Come
And all [G]is said and done
He's just an[Am]other [G]one[Am]
Gram[G]pa swung

[Verse 11]
[C]into the orgy
It [Am]was his last hope
He was [F]dressed to the nines
[G]In deodorant and scope
And [Em]they found him a woman
She brought [F]vaseline and soap
Well it [C]started [G]out excit[Am]ing
But it [Em]ended up ho [G]hum
She said, "I [F]thought that you could [C]take me
All [G]the way to Kingdom [Am]Come"
When [G]all is said and done
He's just an[Am]other one grampa

[Verse 12]
[C]So Billy sells hot sermons
And [Am]cold wars through the mails
While [F]Mr. Big is selling out
His [G]business never fails
And King [Em]Kennedy like Chaucer's
Chasing [F]Canterbury Tales
And though [C]my brain is
[G]still a vir[Am]gin
[Em]The rest of me is well [G]done
Don't [F]you know we're all just [C]travelers
On [G]the Road to Kingdom [Am]Come
And just a, just a, just an[G]other one
When all [Am]is said and done
Yeah just an[G]other one

[Verse 13]
And the [C]Smoke Witch says, "Wahoo!"
[G]And the Wise Man says, "Me too!"
And [F]the Guru says, "Wa[G]zoo!"
So do [G]what you do!
[Am]

[Verse 14]
[G]
[Am]Do[G][Am][G]
[Am]what you do![G]
[Am]Do what you do[G]!
Do what you do!

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