Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum

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Norman Greenbaum: “Spirit in the Sky” (Key of A) 

[Intro]
    
    
    
    

    
      
    
    


[Verse 1]
             
When I die and

              
 they lay me t

             
o rest, gonna 

            
go to the plac

e that’s the b

est.
              
When they lay 

             
me down to die

             
, going’ up to

              
 the spirit in

       
 the sky.

Goin up to the

 spirit in the

 sky, (spirit 

in the sky)
              
That’s where I

             
’m gonna go wh

en I die. (whe

n I die)
              
When I die and

       
 they lay me t

o rest,
             
Gonna go to th

              
e place that’s

      
 the best.


[Short Guitar lick]
    
    
    
     


[Verse 2]

Prepare yourse

lf you know it

’s a must,
              
Gotta have a f

          
riend in Jesus

.
              
So you know th

    
at when you di

e
             
He’s gonna rec

              
ommend you to 

              
the spirit in 

     
the sky. (spir

it in the sky)

Gonna recommen

d you to the s

pirit in the s

ky 
              
That’s where y

              
ou’re gonna go

           
 when you die.

  (when you di

e)
              
When you die a

        
nd they lay yo

u to rest,
             
You’re gonna g

              
o to the place

            
 that’s the be

st.


[Guitar Solo]
    
    
    
    

     
       
     
    


[Interlude]
    
    
    
    


[Verse 3]

Never been a s

inner I never 

sinned,
              
I got a friend

     
 in Jesus.
              
So you know th

    
at when I die
             
He’s gonna set

              
 me up with th

              
e spirit in th

  
e sky.

Oh set me up w

ith the spirit

 in the sky, (

spirit in the 

sky)
              
That’s where I

             
’m gonna go wh

en I die.  (wh

en I die)
              
When I die and

              
 they lay me t

      
o rest, 
             
I’m gonna go t

              
o the place th

          
at’s the best
             
Go to the plac

              
e that’s the b


est 


[Ending guitar riff]