D                         G
Doing what you love has a high price to pay
A                                       D
Some put on a suit but he ran the other way
D                                       G
His drums drown out the yuppies and the one's who couldn't dream
          A                                             D
Cause the freedom music gave him was worth more than anything


[Chorus]

           G              D
They don't know what they got
           A                D D7 D
Until it's gone, like it or not
            G                          D
You live on love, you try to do what's right
A                                                                         D
We're all here a-waiting for our silver invitation to the big band in the sky

G     D     x2


[Verse 2]

D                         G
Rollin down the windows, trying hard to fight the sleep
A                                      D
Money's never much for a band in Tennessee
D                            G
Another night of playin to a crowd with no ears
      A                                                         D
Wanna hear the songs they know and fill their bellies full of beer


[Chorus]

           G              D
They don't know what they got
           A                D D7 D
Until it's gone, like it or not
            G                          D
You live on love, you try to do what's right
A                                                                         D
We're all here a-waiting for our silver invitation to the big band in the sky

G                      D
Oooh oo oo oo oo oo oo oooh
G                      D
Oooh oo oo oo oo oo oo oooh


[Bridge]

    G                                                     D
And when he closed his eyes, fell into a dream that never dies
    G                                                         D
And when the thunder comes, you can hear his kick drum in the sky
         A                  G
Feel the rain fall from our eyes


[Chorus]

               G             D
Cause we don't know what we got
            A               D D7 D
Until it's gone, like it or not
            G                          D
You live on love, you try to do what's right
A
For him there's no more waiting, got his silver invitation to do a little playing for
                    D
the big band in the sky

G                      D
Oooh oo oo oo oo oo oo oooh
G                      D
Oooh oo oo oo oo oo oo oooh