Chords:
{t:Deacon Went Down, The}
{artist:Colleen T Walsh}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnkRyG7uKvg F so capo 3
{key: D}
{c:Lots of different verses/lyrics around - this YT is just one example}
{c: This is normally sung as an echo song}
[D] Oh, the Deacon went down, (Oh, the Deacon went down)
In the [G] cellar to [D] pray (In the cellar to pray)
He fell a-[A7]sleep (He fell asleep)
And he stayed all [D] day (And he stayed all day).
Oh the deacon went [G] down to the cellar to pray
He fell a-[D] sleep and he stayed all day,
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
You can't get to [D] Heaven (You can't get to Heaven)
On [G] a pair of [D] skates, (on a pair of skates)
'Cause you'll roll right [A7] by ('cause you'll roll right past)
Them pearly [D] gates. (those pearly gates)
You can't get to [G] heaven on a pair of skates,
'Cause you'll roll right [D] past those pearly gates
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
If you get to [D] Heaven (If you get to Heaven)
Be-[G]fore I [D] do, (before I do)
Just drill a [A7] hole (just drill a hole)
And pull me [D] through. (and pull me through)
If you get to [G] Heaven before I do,
Just drill a [D] hole and pull me through.
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
Oh, the devil is [D] mad (Oh, the devil is mad)
And [G] I am [D] glad, (and I am glad)
He lost a [A7] soul (he lost a soul)
He thought he [D] had. (he thought he had)
Oh, the devil is [G] mad and I am glad,
He lost a [D] soul he thought he had.
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
You can't get to [D] Heaven (You can't get to heaven)
In a [G] rocking [D] chair, (in a rocking chair)
'Cause the Lord don't [A7] want ('Cause the Lord don't want)
No lazybones [D] there. (no lazybones there)
You can't get to [G] Heaven in a rocking chair,
'Cause the Lord don't [D] want no lazybones there.
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
You can't get to [D] Heaven, (You can't get to heaven)
In an [G] old Ford [D] car, (in an old Ford car)
'Cause the damned old [A7] car ('cause the damned old car)
Won't go that [D] far. (won't go that far)
You can't get to [G] Heaven in an old Ford car,
'Cause the damned old [D] car won't go that far.
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
You can't get to [D] Heaven (You can't get to Heaven)
On a [G] pair of [D] skis; (on a pair of skis)
You'll shuss right [A7] through (you'll shuss right through)
Saint Peter's [D] knees. (Saint Peter's knees)
You can't get to [G] Heaven on a pair of skis;
You'll shuss right [D] through Saint Peter's knees.
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
You can't get to [D] Heaven (You can't get to heaven)
In a [G] limou-[D]sine, (in a limousine)
'Cause the Lord don't [A7] sell ('Cause the Lord don't sell)
No gaso-[D]line. (no gasoline)
You can't get to [G] Heaven in a limousine,
'Cause the Lord don't [D] sell no gasoline.
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
You can't get to [D] Heaven IYou can't get to Heaven)
With [G] powder and [D] paint, (with powder and paint)
It makes you [A7] look (It makes you look)
Like what you [D] ain't. (like what you ain't)
You can't get to [G] Heaven with powder and paint,
It makes you [D] look like what you ain't.
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
You can't chew to-[D]accy (You can't chew tobaccy)
On that [G] golden [D] shore (on that golden shore)
The Lord don't [A7] have (the Lord don't have)
No cuspi-[D]dor. (no cuspidor)
You can't chew to-[G]baccy on that golden shore
The Lord don't [D] have no cuspidor.
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
That's all there [D] is (That's all there is)
There [G] ain't no [D] more, (there ain't no more)
Saint Peter [A7] said (Saint Peter said)
As he closed the [D] door. (as he closed the door)
That's all there [G] is, there ain't no more,
Saint Peter [D] said as he closed the door.
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
There's one thing [D] more (There's one thing more)
I for-[G] got to [D] tell, (I forgot to tell)
If you don't go to [A7] Heaven, (if you don't go to Heaven)
You'll go to [D] Hell. (you'll go to Hell)
There's one thing [G] more I forgot to tell,
If you don't go to [D] Heaven, you'll go to Hell.
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
I'll put my [D] grief (I'll put my grief)
Up [G] on the [D] shelf, (up on the shelf)
If you want some [A7] more (if you want some more)
Make 'em up your-[D]self. (make 'em up yourself)
I'll put my [G] grief up on the shelf,
If you want some [D] more make 'em up yourself.
I ain't gonna [A7] grieve my Lord no [D] more
