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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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque une nostalgie profonde pour un amour d'été qui a laissé une empreinte indélébile dans le cœur du narrateur. Il partage ses souvenirs de moments passés près d'une rivière, où il a découvert de nouvelles sensations aux côtés d'une personne spéciale, comme un baiser qui change tout. Ce récit mélancolique exprime une certaine ignorance de l’avenir et de l’éternité, mais met en avant la beauté éphémère de ces instants précieux. Le contexte semble se dérouler dans le sud des États-Unis, entre paysages naturels et symboles de la vie rurale, comme une petite église. L'image de ce coin de paradis sur terre, quelque part juste au sud du ciel, évoque une simplicité et une pureté que l'on espère trouver dans la vie. Les thèmes de l'innocence perdue et de la rédemption sont présents, montrant comment l'amour peut transformer et sauver l'âme.