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Sweet Heaven When I Die

Source Recording: Doc Watson (1986)

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Key G Time 4/4

Verse × 3

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C / /C /

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D / /D /

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C / /C /

G / /G /

D / G /

Chorus × 3

Song Details

Also Known As

Sweet Heaven

Songwriter

Traditional

First Release

Tenneva Ramblers (1927)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Americana Traditional Old-Time Classic Bluegrass

Themes

Rambling Prison Death and Mourning

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

Doc Watson

Album

Riding That Midnight Train cover

Riding That Midnight Train (1986)

Key G Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 144 BPM Length 2:09

Musicians

Doc Watson — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Sam Bush — Mandolin
Bela Fleck — Banjo
Mark O'Connor — Fiddle
T. Michael Coleman — Backup Vocals, Bass
Alan O'Bryant — Backup Vocals, Guitar

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Norman Blake

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Old and New (1975) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

Norman and Nancy Blake

Sweet Heaven

While Passing Along This Way (1994) Discogs

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Musicians

Doc Watson

Sweet Heaven When I Die

The Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962 (1994) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers

Sweet Heaven When I Die

Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited (2015) Bluegrass Discography

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