Hi! This is my first tab ever, so please don't be mad when it's wrong. Personally I
think it's quite accurate. You should be able to figure out the strumming pattern yourself,
just listen closely to the song.
Thank you
CAPO 5th fret
Verse 1:
C G
When I was a kid
D E#m
I used to buy and sell gravity
C G
I knew how to fly
D E#m
And I could teach you for a fee
C G
Break every window
D E#m
In my hotel heart
C G D E#m
I was only 5 years old but 12 years scarred
C G
And I'd hear the same voice
D E#m
Echo in my mind
C G
Said 'son you got an angel,
D E#m
To chase the devil at the light
Chorus:
C G
When I was a kid
D E#m
My grandfather was a preacher
C G
He'd talk about God
D E#m
Yeah he was something like a teacher
C G
He said God only helps those
D E#m
Who learn to help themselves
C G
He was a million miles from a million dollars
D E#m
But you could never spend his wealth
Verse 2:
C G
I took a little faith
D E#m
And put it in a parking lot
C G
I drove to a strange town
D E#m
Full of have and have nots
C G D E#m
And as I walked through that storybook life
C G D E#m (let it ring)
I was looking for an angel to chase the devil at the light
Oh! oh! oh!
Chorus:
C G
When I was a kid
D E#m
My grandfather was a preacher
C G
He'd talk about love
D E#m
Yeah he was something like a teacher
C G
He said God only helps those
D E#m
Who learn to help themselves
C G
He was a million miles from a million dollars
D E#m
But you could never spend his wealth
C G D E#m [x2]
Bridge:
C
Wave
G D E#m
Put your hands up and hands down
[x3]
Chorus:
When I was a kid
D E#m
My grandfather was a preacher
C G
He'd talk about life
D E#m
Yeah he was something like a teacher
C G
He said God only helps those
D E#m
Who learn to help themselves
C G
He was a million miles from a million dollars
D E#m
But you could never spend his wealth
C G D E#m
C G
He was a million miles from a million dollars
D E#m
But you could never spend his wealth..
C G D E#m [x2]
