Heaven Chords by Walter Hawkins

_ _ [C] Heaven _ _ _ [G]
is [F] a lovely place _ _ and [F] I want to [C] make it. _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] Heaven _ [G] is _ [F] such a beautiful place [G]
and _ I [F] want to make [C] it.
_ I'm striving [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb]
hard _ [Eb] to make [Ab] it, to make [Eb] it, [Ab] that's my [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb]
goal.
_ [Bb] I'm [Eb] striving _ _
[Bb] hard _ [Eb] to make it, [Ab] to make it, I [A] want, I [Eb] want to go.
_ _ Sometimes [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ it's hard for me _ _ to be all He requires of me. _
_ My burden gets so hard for me to bear.
_ _ [G] _ And it _ seems [F] there's no [C] one to care.
I'm striving [Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] hard [Eb] to make it, [Ab] to make it, [Eb]
[Ab] that's [Bb] my _ _ [Eb] _ goal.
_ [Bb] I'm striving [Eb] _ _ _ [Fm]
[Bb] hard [G] to make [Ab] it, to make [Eb] it, I [Ab] want, [Bb] I want [Eb] to go.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ Mother's [Gb] gone, and my father too, father too, [Ab] uncle, host, little friend,
whole lot of my friends and [Db] family too.
_ You [Dbm] see, they've all gone, they've all gone, [Gb] to their place of rest,
to their place of [Ab] rest, to experience, to experience _ [Db] eternal bliss. _
I'm _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Gb] striving hard to make [B] it, to make [Gb] it, _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Gb] to make it, I _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Db] _ [Gb] want to go. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ Lord, you _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ were straight, [Ab] _ _ _ _
helped me [Db] to find my way. _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
But Lord, be [Db] my, _ _ [Gb]
please [Db] Lord, _ [Db] cause I, _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Gb] yes _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
it is, I'm striving hard. _
[Db] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Db] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Gb] [B] Heaven _
[C] is [Ebm] my, place _ [Gb] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Gb] to go.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _