Chords for Tryin' to Get to Heaven
Tempo:
95.3 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Bb
A
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Ab] There is getting [Bb] hotter,
[Ab] there's a rumbling in [Eb] the skies.
[Ab] I've been wading through the high [Bb] muddy water, [Ab] with the heat rising in [Eb] my eyes.
[A] Every day your memory [Ab] grows dimmer, [Fm] it doesn't haunt me [Eb] like it did before.
[Ab] I've been walking [Eb] through the [Bb] middle of nowhere, [Ab] trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] When I was in [Bb] Missouri,
[Ab] they would not let [Eb] me be.
[Cm]
[Ab] I had to leave that in [Bb] a hurry,
[Ab] I only saw what they [Eb] left to see.
You [A] broke a heart that [Ab] loved you, [Fm] now you can seal up the book and not [Eb] write anymore.
[Ab] I've been walking through that lonesome [Bb] valley, trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] People on the [Bb] platforms, [Ab] waiting [Eb] for the trains.
[Ab] I can hear their [Bb] hearts a beating, [Ab] blackened limbs swinging on [Eb] chains.
[A] When you think that you've [Ab] lost everything, you [Fm] find out you can always [Eb] lose a little more.
[Ab] I'm just [Cm] going down the road [Bb] feeling bad, [Ab] trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [C]
[Ab] [Eb]
[A] [Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab]
Going down [Bb] the river, [Ab]
down to New [Eb] Orleans.
[Ab] They tell me everything is [Bb] going to be alright, [Ab]
but I don't know what [Eb] alright even means.
[A] I was riding [Cm] in a buggy [Ab] with Miss Mary Jane.
Miss Mary Jane got a house [Eb] in Baltimore.
[Ab]
I've been all [Bb] around the world, [C] boys.
[Ab] I'm trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] Gotta sleep down [Bb] in the parlor [Ab] and [Eb] relive my dreams.
[Ab] I close my [Bb] eyes and I wonder if [Ab] everything is as hollow [Eb]
as it seems.
[A] Some trains don't [Ab] pull no gamblers, [Fm] no mid-line ramblers [Eb] like they did before.
[Ab] I've been to sugar [Bb] town, I shook the sugar down.
[Ab] Now I'm trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab]
[Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [A]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] Oh.
[Eb]
[Ab] There is getting [Bb] hotter,
[Ab] there's a rumbling in [Eb] the skies.
[Ab] I've been wading through the high [Bb] muddy water, [Ab] with the heat rising in [Eb] my eyes.
[A] Every day your memory [Ab] grows dimmer, [Fm] it doesn't haunt me [Eb] like it did before.
[Ab] I've been walking [Eb] through the [Bb] middle of nowhere, [Ab] trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] When I was in [Bb] Missouri,
[Ab] they would not let [Eb] me be.
[Cm]
[Ab] I had to leave that in [Bb] a hurry,
[Ab] I only saw what they [Eb] left to see.
You [A] broke a heart that [Ab] loved you, [Fm] now you can seal up the book and not [Eb] write anymore.
[Ab] I've been walking through that lonesome [Bb] valley, trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] People on the [Bb] platforms, [Ab] waiting [Eb] for the trains.
[Ab] I can hear their [Bb] hearts a beating, [Ab] blackened limbs swinging on [Eb] chains.
[A] When you think that you've [Ab] lost everything, you [Fm] find out you can always [Eb] lose a little more.
[Ab] I'm just [Cm] going down the road [Bb] feeling bad, [Ab] trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [C]
[Ab] [Eb]
[A] [Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab]
Going down [Bb] the river, [Ab]
down to New [Eb] Orleans.
[Ab] They tell me everything is [Bb] going to be alright, [Ab]
but I don't know what [Eb] alright even means.
[A] I was riding [Cm] in a buggy [Ab] with Miss Mary Jane.
Miss Mary Jane got a house [Eb] in Baltimore.
[Ab]
I've been all [Bb] around the world, [C] boys.
[Ab] I'm trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab] Gotta sleep down [Bb] in the parlor [Ab] and [Eb] relive my dreams.
[Ab] I close my [Bb] eyes and I wonder if [Ab] everything is as hollow [Eb]
as it seems.
[A] Some trains don't [Ab] pull no gamblers, [Fm] no mid-line ramblers [Eb] like they did before.
[Ab] I've been to sugar [Bb] town, I shook the sugar down.
[Ab] Now I'm trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
[Ab]
[Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [A]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] Oh.
Key:
Ab
Eb
Bb
A
Fm
Ab
Eb
Bb
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] There is getting [Bb] hotter, _
_ _ [Ab] _ there's a rumbling in [Eb] the skies.
_ [Ab] I've been wading through the high [Bb] muddy water, _ _ [Ab] with the heat rising in [Eb] my eyes.
_ _ [A] Every day your memory [Ab] grows dimmer, _ _ [Fm] _ it doesn't haunt me [Eb] like it did before.
_ [Ab] _ I've been walking [Eb] through the [Bb] middle of nowhere, _ [Ab] trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] When I was in [Bb] Missouri, _ _ _
_ [Ab] they would not let [Eb] me be.
[Cm] _
_ [Ab] I had to leave that in [Bb] a hurry, _
_ [Ab] I only saw what they [Eb] left to see.
You [A] _ broke a heart that [Ab] loved you, _ [Fm] now you can seal up the book and not [Eb] write anymore.
_ [Ab] I've been walking through that lonesome [Bb] valley, _ _ trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] People on the [Bb] platforms, _ _ [Ab] waiting [Eb] for the trains.
_ _ [Ab] I can hear their [Bb] hearts a beating, _ _ [Ab] blackened limbs swinging on [Eb] chains.
_ [A] When you think that you've [Ab] lost everything, you [Fm] find out you can always [Eb] lose a little more.
_ [Ab] I'm just [Cm] going down the road [Bb] feeling bad, [Ab] trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
Going down [Bb] the river, _ _ [Ab] _
down to New [Eb] Orleans.
_ _ [Ab] They tell me everything is [Bb] going to be alright, _ _ [Ab]
but I don't know what [Eb] alright even means.
[A] I was riding [Cm] in a buggy [Ab] with Miss Mary Jane.
Miss Mary Jane got a house [Eb] in Baltimore.
_ _ [Ab]
I've been all [Bb] around the world, [C] boys.
[Ab] I'm trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door. _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ Gotta sleep down [Bb] in the parlor _ [Ab] and _ _ [Eb] relive my dreams.
[Ab] I close my [Bb] eyes and I wonder if [Ab] everything is as hollow [Eb]
as it seems.
_ [A] Some trains don't [Ab] pull no gamblers, [Fm] no mid-line ramblers [Eb] like they did before.
_ _ [Ab] _ I've been to sugar [Bb] town, I shook the sugar down.
[Ab] Now I'm trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] Oh. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] There is getting [Bb] hotter, _
_ _ [Ab] _ there's a rumbling in [Eb] the skies.
_ [Ab] I've been wading through the high [Bb] muddy water, _ _ [Ab] with the heat rising in [Eb] my eyes.
_ _ [A] Every day your memory [Ab] grows dimmer, _ _ [Fm] _ it doesn't haunt me [Eb] like it did before.
_ [Ab] _ I've been walking [Eb] through the [Bb] middle of nowhere, _ [Ab] trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] When I was in [Bb] Missouri, _ _ _
_ [Ab] they would not let [Eb] me be.
[Cm] _
_ [Ab] I had to leave that in [Bb] a hurry, _
_ [Ab] I only saw what they [Eb] left to see.
You [A] _ broke a heart that [Ab] loved you, _ [Fm] now you can seal up the book and not [Eb] write anymore.
_ [Ab] I've been walking through that lonesome [Bb] valley, _ _ trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] People on the [Bb] platforms, _ _ [Ab] waiting [Eb] for the trains.
_ _ [Ab] I can hear their [Bb] hearts a beating, _ _ [Ab] blackened limbs swinging on [Eb] chains.
_ [A] When you think that you've [Ab] lost everything, you [Fm] find out you can always [Eb] lose a little more.
_ [Ab] I'm just [Cm] going down the road [Bb] feeling bad, [Ab] trying to get help [Eb] before they close the door. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
Going down [Bb] the river, _ _ [Ab] _
down to New [Eb] Orleans.
_ _ [Ab] They tell me everything is [Bb] going to be alright, _ _ [Ab]
but I don't know what [Eb] alright even means.
[A] I was riding [Cm] in a buggy [Ab] with Miss Mary Jane.
Miss Mary Jane got a house [Eb] in Baltimore.
_ _ [Ab]
I've been all [Bb] around the world, [C] boys.
[Ab] I'm trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door. _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ Gotta sleep down [Bb] in the parlor _ [Ab] and _ _ [Eb] relive my dreams.
[Ab] I close my [Bb] eyes and I wonder if [Ab] everything is as hollow [Eb]
as it seems.
_ [A] Some trains don't [Ab] pull no gamblers, [Fm] no mid-line ramblers [Eb] like they did before.
_ _ [Ab] _ I've been to sugar [Bb] town, I shook the sugar down.
[Ab] Now I'm trying to get to heaven [Eb] before they close the door.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] Oh. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _