Heaven

Brett Dennen

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
Capo on 4th fret
               
 
 
C                      F 
Beyond the rules of religion 
Am                   C 
The cloth of conviction 
Am                    C 
Above all the competition 
      Dm                  G 
Where fact and fiction meet 
 
C                                 F 
There's no color lines, casts or classes 
Am                          C 
There is no fooling the masses 
Am                        C 
Whatever faith you practice 
Dm                 G 
Whatever you believe 
 
Am       F   G 
Heaven. Heaven. 
Am             F     G 
What the hell is Heaven? 
F        G             Am 
Is there a home for the homeless? 
F        G             Am 
Is there hope for the hopeless? 
 
Throw away your misconceptions 
There´ no walls around heaven 
There's no codes you gotta know to get in 
No minutemen or border patrol 
 
You must lose all earthly possession 
Leave behind your weapon 
You cannot buy your salvation 
There is no pot of gold 
 
(Chorus) 
 
Heaven ain't got no prisons 
No government no business 
No banks or politicians 
No armies and no police 
 
Castles and cathedrals crumble 
Pyramids and pipelines tumble 
The failure keeps you humble 
Leads us closer to peace

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Chord set

C · F · Am · Dm · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.