G C G Now listen all you sinners if you want to go to heaven, heaven you better get down on your knees D7 G C D7 pray. All you gamblin sinners you'd better quit sayin' seven 'leven you'd better get ready to G meet that judgement day [Chorus 1] G C G D7 Open up them pearly gates. Open up them pearly gates. Open up them pearly gates for me G C D7 When you hear that trumpet blast. I'll be coming home at last. Open up them pearly gates for G me. [Verse 2] G C G D7 I've done had a vision. I've seen them pearly gates close and than I seen you sinners all outside G C D7 You better make your decision and pray you'll be chosen, chosen. It'll be too late when you lay G down and die. [Chorus 1] G C G D7 Open up them pearly gates. Open up them pearly gates. Open up them pearly gates for me G C D7 When you hear that trumpet blast. I'll be coming home at last. Open up them pearly gates for G me. [Verse 3] G C G Better go out to your chicken roost and ask yourself an honest question and the good Lord's gonna D7 G C know if you lie. You better turn all them chickens loose or you're gonna die from indigestion D7 G when you eat that stolen chicken pie [Chorus 1] G C G D7 Open up them pearly gates. Open up them pearly gates. Open up them pearly gates for me G C D7 When you hear that trumpet blast. I'll be coming home at last. Open up them pearly gates for G me. [Verse 4] G C G You'd better take that old keg of gin and dump it every bit right in the river and don't let old D7 G C satan stay your hand. For if you fill it up again it's gonna eat a hole riht in your liver and D7 G the gates won't open when you reach that promised land [Chorus 1] G C G D7 Open up them pearly gates. Open up them pearly gates. Open up them pearly gates for me G C D7 When you hear that trumpet blast. I'll be coming home at last. Open up them pearly gates for G me.