Just South Of Heaven

Blake Shelton

Intro Riff (Guitar 1 plays with the slides, Guitar 2 picks the notes) |-0-0-0---------------:|| |--2-2-2--------------:|| |------------2/6/4/2--:|| |---------2h4---------:|| |-------(0)-----------:|| |---------------------:|| X2 Intro Chords Verse I never liked the taste of whiskey til I kissed it off of her lips Never knew just what was hitting me, getting me tipsy RIFF I But there I sit, RIFF II Levi's on a dogwood branch RIFF I Yeah, she was taking me under RIFF II I might have lost my innocence RIFF I But she was saving my soul that summer Chorus I don't know much about eternity Or where somebody like me's gonna wind up going All I know is that I have already been RIFF I Parked in a Chevy by the deep river rolling And that summer night, shooting star paradise Might be all that I'm getting Kissing and sipping that 7 and 7 Somewhere just south of heaven INTRO RIFF X2 or X2 Vers 2 She might have been a falling angel RIFF III Nah, I didn't care at all I never thought a prayer could be answered With a whispered, sweet southern drawl Even now when I close my eyes I see her silhouette dance on the river The way we spent those endless nights That's the way I could spend forever Chorus I don't know much about eternity Or where somebody like me's gonna wind up going All I know is that I have already been RIFF I Parked in a Chevy by the deep river rolling And that summer night, shooting star paradise Might be all that I'm getting Kissing and sipping that 7 and 7 Somewhere just south of heaven X2 Bridge Somewhere just beyond the Jericho line Little white church, roll back through the pines Down where the three cross river unwinds If there's a heaven on Earth, man that'd be mine Chorus I don't know much about eternity Or where somebody like me's gonna wind up going All I know is that I have already been Parked in a Chevy by the deep river rolling And that summer night, shooting star paradise Might be all that I'm getting Kissing and sipping that 7 and 7 Somewhere just south of heaven INTRO RIFF or Oh yeah, just south of heaven INTRO RIFF or Somewhere just beyond the Jericho line Little white church, roll back through the pines Down where the three cross river unwinds If there's a heaven on Earth, man that'd be mine yeah, that's be mine Oh, just a little bit south of heaven INTRO RIFF or ______________________________________________________________________________________________ These riffs can be played many different ways. I tried to keep them simple for one guitar and singer |------| |------| |------| |------| |----2-| |-0h2--| RIFF I |------| |------| |------| |------| |-0h2--| |----2-| RIFF II |--------| |------0--| |--------| |-------2-| |-----2--| |---------| |----0-4-| |----0----| |-0h2----| or |-0h2-----| RIFF III (I prefer the second version)

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