Chords for "Trying to Get to Heaven" Bob Dylan cover version
Tempo:
92 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Bb
Eb
Gm
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb]
[Bb] [Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] The [Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] air is getting [Bb]
hotter, [Ab] there's a rumbling [Eb] in the skies.
[Ab] I've been wading [Bb] through the piling [D] water [Ab] with the heat [Gm] rising in [Eb] my eyes.
[Cm] Every day your [D] memory [Ab] grows dimmer, [Fm] it does not haunt me [Eb] like it did before.
[Gm] [Ab] I've been walking [Bb] through the middle of nowhere, [Ab] trying to get to [D] heaven before [Eb] they close the door.
[Bb]
[Ab] When I was in [Bb] misery,
[Ab] they would not [Eb] let me leave.
[Bb]
[Ab] I couldn't leave the [Bb] air in a hurry.
[Ab] I only saw [Bb] what [Eb] they let me see.
[Cm] You broke their [Ab] heart that loved you.
[Fm] Now you can close up that [Eb] book and not write [G] anymore.
[Ab] I've been walking [Bb] that lonesome [Gm] valley, [Ab] trying to get to [Gm] heaven before [Eb] they close the door.
[Gm] [Ab] People are on the [Bb] platforms, [Gm] [Ab]
waiting for [Eb] the trains.
[Bb] [Ab] I can hear [Bb] their hearts [Gm] beating [Ab] like pendulums [Eb] swinging on chains.
[Cm] When you think [Gm] that [Ab] you've lost everything, [Fm] you'll find out you can still [Eb] lose a little more.
[Gm] [Ab] I'm just going [Bb] down that road feeling bad, [Ab] just trying to get to [Gm] heaven before [Eb] they close the door.
[Bb] [Ab] I'm going [Bb] down the river,
[Gm] [Ab] down [G] to [Eb] New Orleans.
[Gm] [Ab] They tell me [Bb] everything is going to be [D] alright, [Ab] but I don't know what alright [Eb] even means.
[Cm] I was riding in a buggy [Ab] with Miss Mary Jean.
[Fm] Miss Mary Jean's got a [Bb] house in Baltimore.
[Eb]
[Ab] I've been all [Bb] around the world, boys.
[Ab] Now I'm just trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] I'm going to sleep down [Bb] in the corner [C] [Ab] and [Eb] read it in my dreams.
[Ab] I close my [Bb] eyes and I [Gm] wonder [Ab] if everything is as [Bb] hollow [Eb] as it seems.
[Cm] Some trains don't [Ab] pull no [Fm] gamblers, no midnight ramblers [Eb] like they did before.
[Ab] I've been to sugar [Bb] town, I shook the sugar [Ab] down.
Now I'm just trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Cm] [Ab]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bb] [Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] The [Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] air is getting [Bb]
hotter, [Ab] there's a rumbling [Eb] in the skies.
[Ab] I've been wading [Bb] through the piling [D] water [Ab] with the heat [Gm] rising in [Eb] my eyes.
[Cm] Every day your [D] memory [Ab] grows dimmer, [Fm] it does not haunt me [Eb] like it did before.
[Gm] [Ab] I've been walking [Bb] through the middle of nowhere, [Ab] trying to get to [D] heaven before [Eb] they close the door.
[Bb]
[Ab] When I was in [Bb] misery,
[Ab] they would not [Eb] let me leave.
[Bb]
[Ab] I couldn't leave the [Bb] air in a hurry.
[Ab] I only saw [Bb] what [Eb] they let me see.
[Cm] You broke their [Ab] heart that loved you.
[Fm] Now you can close up that [Eb] book and not write [G] anymore.
[Ab] I've been walking [Bb] that lonesome [Gm] valley, [Ab] trying to get to [Gm] heaven before [Eb] they close the door.
[Gm] [Ab] People are on the [Bb] platforms, [Gm] [Ab]
waiting for [Eb] the trains.
[Bb] [Ab] I can hear [Bb] their hearts [Gm] beating [Ab] like pendulums [Eb] swinging on chains.
[Cm] When you think [Gm] that [Ab] you've lost everything, [Fm] you'll find out you can still [Eb] lose a little more.
[Gm] [Ab] I'm just going [Bb] down that road feeling bad, [Ab] just trying to get to [Gm] heaven before [Eb] they close the door.
[Bb] [Ab] I'm going [Bb] down the river,
[Gm] [Ab] down [G] to [Eb] New Orleans.
[Gm] [Ab] They tell me [Bb] everything is going to be [D] alright, [Ab] but I don't know what alright [Eb] even means.
[Cm] I was riding in a buggy [Ab] with Miss Mary Jean.
[Fm] Miss Mary Jean's got a [Bb] house in Baltimore.
[Eb]
[Ab] I've been all [Bb] around the world, boys.
[Ab] Now I'm just trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] I'm going to sleep down [Bb] in the corner [C] [Ab] and [Eb] read it in my dreams.
[Ab] I close my [Bb] eyes and I [Gm] wonder [Ab] if everything is as [Bb] hollow [Eb] as it seems.
[Cm] Some trains don't [Ab] pull no [Fm] gamblers, no midnight ramblers [Eb] like they did before.
[Ab] I've been to sugar [Bb] town, I shook the sugar [Ab] down.
Now I'm just trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Cm] [Ab]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
Key:
Ab
Bb
Eb
Gm
Fm
Ab
Bb
Eb
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ The [Fm] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ air is getting [Bb]
hotter, _ _ _ [Ab] there's a rumbling [Eb] in the skies.
_ _ [Ab] I've been wading [Bb] through the piling [D] water [Ab] with the heat [Gm] rising in [Eb] my eyes.
_ [Cm] Every day your [D] memory [Ab] grows dimmer, [Fm] it does not haunt me [Eb] like it did before.
[Gm] _ [Ab] I've been walking [Bb] through the middle of nowhere, [Ab] trying to get to [D] heaven before [Eb] they close the door.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Ab] When I was in [Bb] misery, _ _
[Ab] they would not [Eb] let me leave.
_ [Bb] _
[Ab] _ I couldn't leave the [Bb] air in a hurry.
[Ab] I only saw [Bb] what [Eb] they let me see.
[Cm] You broke their [Ab] heart that loved you.
[Fm] Now you can close up that [Eb] book and not write [G] anymore.
[Ab] _ I've been walking [Bb] that lonesome [Gm] valley, [Ab] trying to get to [Gm] heaven before [Eb] they close the door.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ People are on the [Bb] platforms, _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ _
waiting for [Eb] the trains.
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] I can hear [Bb] their hearts [Gm] beating [Ab] like _ pendulums [Eb] swinging on chains.
[Cm] When you think [Gm] that [Ab] you've lost everything, [Fm] you'll find out you can still _ [Eb] lose a little more.
[Gm] _ [Ab] I'm just going [Bb] down that road feeling bad, [Ab] just trying to get to [Gm] heaven before [Eb] they close the door. _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] I'm going [Bb] down the river, _ _
[Gm] _ [Ab] _ down [G] to [Eb] New Orleans. _
[Gm] [Ab] They tell me [Bb] everything is going to be [D] alright, [Ab] but I don't know what alright [Eb] even means. _
[Cm] I was riding in a buggy [Ab] with Miss Mary Jean.
[Fm] Miss Mary Jean's got a [Bb] house in Baltimore.
[Eb] _ _
[Ab] I've been all [Bb] around the world, boys.
[Ab] Now I'm just trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] I'm going to sleep down [Bb] in the corner _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ and [Eb] read it in my dreams.
[Ab] I close my [Bb] eyes and I [Gm] wonder [Ab] if everything is as [Bb] hollow [Eb] as it seems.
[Cm] Some trains don't [Ab] pull no [Fm] gamblers, no midnight ramblers [Eb] like they did before.
_ [Ab] I've been to sugar [Bb] town, I shook the sugar [Ab] down.
Now I'm just trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ The [Fm] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ air is getting [Bb]
hotter, _ _ _ [Ab] there's a rumbling [Eb] in the skies.
_ _ [Ab] I've been wading [Bb] through the piling [D] water [Ab] with the heat [Gm] rising in [Eb] my eyes.
_ [Cm] Every day your [D] memory [Ab] grows dimmer, [Fm] it does not haunt me [Eb] like it did before.
[Gm] _ [Ab] I've been walking [Bb] through the middle of nowhere, [Ab] trying to get to [D] heaven before [Eb] they close the door.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Ab] When I was in [Bb] misery, _ _
[Ab] they would not [Eb] let me leave.
_ [Bb] _
[Ab] _ I couldn't leave the [Bb] air in a hurry.
[Ab] I only saw [Bb] what [Eb] they let me see.
[Cm] You broke their [Ab] heart that loved you.
[Fm] Now you can close up that [Eb] book and not write [G] anymore.
[Ab] _ I've been walking [Bb] that lonesome [Gm] valley, [Ab] trying to get to [Gm] heaven before [Eb] they close the door.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ People are on the [Bb] platforms, _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ _
waiting for [Eb] the trains.
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] I can hear [Bb] their hearts [Gm] beating [Ab] like _ pendulums [Eb] swinging on chains.
[Cm] When you think [Gm] that [Ab] you've lost everything, [Fm] you'll find out you can still _ [Eb] lose a little more.
[Gm] _ [Ab] I'm just going [Bb] down that road feeling bad, [Ab] just trying to get to [Gm] heaven before [Eb] they close the door. _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] I'm going [Bb] down the river, _ _
[Gm] _ [Ab] _ down [G] to [Eb] New Orleans. _
[Gm] [Ab] They tell me [Bb] everything is going to be [D] alright, [Ab] but I don't know what alright [Eb] even means. _
[Cm] I was riding in a buggy [Ab] with Miss Mary Jean.
[Fm] Miss Mary Jean's got a [Bb] house in Baltimore.
[Eb] _ _
[Ab] I've been all [Bb] around the world, boys.
[Ab] Now I'm just trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] I'm going to sleep down [Bb] in the corner _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ and [Eb] read it in my dreams.
[Ab] I close my [Bb] eyes and I [Gm] wonder [Ab] if everything is as [Bb] hollow [Eb] as it seems.
[Cm] Some trains don't [Ab] pull no [Fm] gamblers, no midnight ramblers [Eb] like they did before.
_ [Ab] I've been to sugar [Bb] town, I shook the sugar [Ab] down.
Now I'm just trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
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