Eternal Vacation
Buck Owens
RockEasy for beginners4 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
G
C
A7
D7
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
G C G Some people are taking vacations traveling both far and near A7 D7 Never stopping to think about Jesus never seeming to have a care G C G It seems that I cannot be like them while on earth life's burdens I bear C G D7 G And I prepare to meet Jesus and rest eternally there C G Yes someday I'll take a vacation one that never will end A7 D7 When I cross old river Jordan my Savior will welcome me in G C G For me the gates will swing open and I'll have a mansion within C G D7 G There I will rest up in heaven a rest that never will end C G Yes some people own fine mansions some live in much luxury A7 D7 Never having a thought of our Savior of where they'll spend eternity G C G Again though I cannot be like them I'm building my mansion on high C G D7 G Yes someday I'll rest up in heaven and bid this old cruel world goodbye C G Yes someday I'll take a vacation one that never will end A7 D7 When I cross old river Jordan my Savior will welcome me in G C G For me the gates will swing open and I'll have a mansion within C G D7 G There I will rest up in heaven a rest that never will end
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Chord set
G · C · A7 · D7
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.