Will Hoge - When I Get My Wings

artist : will hoge
song : when i get my wings
album : number seven

note – pick chords during verses and strum during chorus and bridge

verse 1 :
A D E A
won’t you take me with you darling i don’t want to stay
A D E
A
and this place just keeps on getting saddEr ever since you went away
A D E A
and i smell you on this pillow as i lie here in our old bed
A D E A
with a bottle and a bible , i just pray i might get some rest

chorus :
D A Asus4
when i get my wings i’m a gonna
E A
fly back home to you
D A F#m
and go ahead and you can tell st . peter
E A
open up , i’m coming through

verse 2 :
A D E A
and i put you in that blue dress and a new pair of high heel shoes
A D
E A
and a photograph of two love drunk kids on the day that they said i do
A D E A
57 years of memories fall like the rain comes down
A D E A
and i could not help myself but cry as they laid you in the ground

chorus 2 :
D A Asus4
when i get my wings i’m a gonna
E A Asus4
fly back home to you
D A F#m
go ahead and you can tell st . peter
E A Asus4
open up , i’m coming on through

D E A

bridge :
D A
and every sunday i kneel down to pray that i won’t be alone
C#m B D E
and every night i lay down and hope i wake up back in your arms ( not too sure about the
chords in this verse )

solo : A D E ( improvise on A )

chorus 3 :
D A Asus4
when i get my wings i’m a gonna
E A
fly back home to you
D A
and go ahead and you can tell st . peter
E
open up , i’m coming on through
D A
and i don’t think , don’t think i can wait any longer
E A Asus4
o lord i’m counting down the days
D A F#m
i’m gonna come back , come back and hold you my love
D E A
soon as i get my wings o lord
D A E
just as soon as i get my wings one more time lord
D E A
soon as i get my wings