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trying to get to heaven chords for acoustic guitar
david bowie ( bob dylan ) *

capo ii

G A G
the air is getting hotter
D
there’s a rumbling in the skies
G A
i’ve been wading through the high muddy water
G D
with the heat rising through my eyes
Bm G
every day your memory grows dimmer
E D
it doesn’t hurt me like it did before
G A
i’ve been walking through the middle of nowhere
G D
trying to get to heaven before they close the door

G A G
people on the platforms
D
waiting for the trains
G A
i can hear their hearts A – beatin’
G D
like pendulums swinging on chains
Bm G
when you think that you lost everything
Em D
you find out you can always lose a little more
G A
i’m just going down the road feeling bad
G A G D
oooh trying to get to heaven before they close the door
G A G D
oooh trying to get to heaven before they close the door
G A G D
oooh trying to get to heaven before they close the door

D G F G D
oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

G A G D
oooh trying to get to heaven before they close the door
G A G D
oooh trying to get to heaven before they close the door

G A G
i’m going down the river
D
down to new orleans
G A
they tell me everything is gonna be all right
G D
but i don’t know what “all right” even means
Bm G
i close my eyes and i wonder boys
E D
if everything is as hollow as it seems
G A
i been to sugar town , i shook the sugar down
G D
now i’m trying to get to heaven before they close the door
G A G D
oooh trying to get to heaven before they close the door
G A G D
oooh trying to get to heaven before they close the door
G A G D
oooh trying to get to heaven before they close the door . . .

* for the original bob dylan version :

capo i this david bowie version

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