E           A        E                     A
Mama said, "Son, someday you'll learn this lesson
E                A          B
Hard times never last, each day is a blessing
E                      A       E                C#m
Keep your eyes on that kingdom waiting down the road
E          D#     C#m          A             E
Across that River Jordan, everybody's got to go

[Chorus]
                   C#m             E
Everybody's got to go, heaven only knows
E      D#      A                G#     F#m
Way up in the sky to that sweet by and by
                   E
Everybody's got to go

[Verse 2]
E                  A      E               A
The day my brother died I thought about a song
E               A       B
My mama used to sing before she passed on
E                 A    E                    C#m
About our Savior Jesus calling his children home
E           D#     C#m         A              E
He'll leave no one behind, everybody's got to go

[Chorus]
                   C#m             E
Everybody's got to go, heaven only knows
E      D#      A                G#     F#m
Way up in the sky to that sweet by and by
                   E
Everybody's got to go

[Verse 3]
E                 A             E                   A
I know I am not a young man but I look back over my youth
E                      A             B                 A
And think of those who saved me as I wandered from the truth
E                  A             B                 C#m
I'm not afraid of dying, when it come my time I'll know
E             D#   C#m         A              E
I'll meet you over yonder, everybody's got to go

[Chorus]
                       C#m                 E
Everybody's got to go, heaven, heaven only knows
E      D#      A                G#     F#m
Way up in the sky to that sweet by and by
                         A                 G#     F#m
Everybody, way up in the sky to that sweet by and by
                              E
Everybody, everybody's got to go

[Outro]
Ooh, ooh, everybody, everybody's got to go
Ooh, ooh, everybody, everybody's got to go
Ooh, ooh, everybody, heaven only knows
Ooh, ooh, everybody, sweet by and by
Ooh, ooh, everybody, sweet by and by
Ooh, ooh, everybody, ooh, got to go
Ooh, ooh, everybody's got to go