Biography:
Jimmie Rodgers (8 de septiembre de 1897 – 26 de mayo de 1933) fue un cantautor estadounidense de música country. Fue el primer músico en convertirse en una estrella del country. Su influencia en la música de raíces estadounidenses es incalculable, ya que ha influido a prácticamente todos los músicos que han desarrollado el country en el siglo XX, entre los que cabe destacar al también influyente Hank Williams.
Aunque nació en Pine Springs (Misisipi) él siempre se consideró de Meridian (Misisipi).
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Other songs:
- Are You Really Mine
- Bimbombay
- California Bluea
- California Blues
- Everybody Does It In Hawaii
- Frankie And Johnny
- Gambling Bar Room Blues
- Hobo Bills Last Ride
- Hobos Meditation
- Honey Comb
- Honeycomb
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
- If I Were The Man
- Im Never Gonna Tell
- In The Jailhouse Now 2
- Its Over
- Its Raining Here
- Jimmie The Kid
- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
- Mississippi Delta Blues
- Mississippi River Blues
- Moonlight And Skies
- My Blue Eyed Jane
- Never No Mo Blues
- Nobody Knows But Me
- Oh
- Peach Pickin Time In Georgia
- Peach Picking Time In Georgia
- Rainbow At Midnight
- Secretly
- T For Texas
- Tb Blues
- The Wonderful City
- The World I Used To Know
- Waiting For A Train
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SONG: The Wonderful Gity
ARTISTS: Jimmie Rodgers & Sara Carter (1931)
WRITTEN BY: Elsie McWilliams & Jimmie Rodgers
CAPO IV
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INTRO
C G
C
I'm waiting watching and longing
F C
That beautiful sight to behold
When I shall awake some bright morning
G G7
In that city with streets of pure gold
C
My savior has gone to prepare it
F C
For all who accept his grace
F C
And that's why I know I'll be welcome
G G7
To a home in that wonderful place
GHORUS
C
When I reach my home in that city
F C
Shall I find you waiting up there
F C
With the saints who have gone on before us
G G7
To that beautiful home so fair
C
My whole heart is set upon heaven
F C
Where my savior's face I shall see
F C
And live in the light of his glory
G C
Throughout all eternity
YODEL
C
Ode le heee
G
Ode le heee
C
Ode le heee
SOLO
C
He bids us to work in His vineyard
F C
To toil for Him early and late
F C
What a glorious reward for our labor
G G7
To enter that beautiful gate
GHORUS
C
When I reach my home in that city
F C
Shall I find you waiting up there
F C
With the saints who have gone on before us
G G7
To that beautiful home so fair
C
My whole heart is set upon heaven
F C
Where my savior's face I shall see
F C
And live in the light of his glory
G C
Throughout all eternity
YODEL
C
Ode le heee
G
Ode le heee
C
Ode le heee
SOLO & OUTRO
ARTISTS: Jimmie Rodgers & Sara Carter (1931)
WRITTEN BY: Elsie McWilliams & Jimmie Rodgers
CAPO IV
C
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INTRO
C G
C
I'm waiting watching and longing
F C
That beautiful sight to behold
When I shall awake some bright morning
G G7
In that city with streets of pure gold
C
My savior has gone to prepare it
F C
For all who accept his grace
F C
And that's why I know I'll be welcome
G G7
To a home in that wonderful place
GHORUS
C
When I reach my home in that city
F C
Shall I find you waiting up there
F C
With the saints who have gone on before us
G G7
To that beautiful home so fair
C
My whole heart is set upon heaven
F C
Where my savior's face I shall see
F C
And live in the light of his glory
G C
Throughout all eternity
YODEL
C
Ode le heee
G
Ode le heee
C
Ode le heee
SOLO
C
He bids us to work in His vineyard
F C
To toil for Him early and late
F C
What a glorious reward for our labor
G G7
To enter that beautiful gate
GHORUS
C
When I reach my home in that city
F C
Shall I find you waiting up there
F C
With the saints who have gone on before us
G G7
To that beautiful home so fair
C
My whole heart is set upon heaven
F C
Where my savior's face I shall see
F C
And live in the light of his glory
G C
Throughout all eternity
YODEL
C
Ode le heee
G
Ode le heee
C
Ode le heee
SOLO & OUTRO
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