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Tryin' To Get To Heaven chords by David Bowie

  • Bb

  • C

  • D

  • G

  • Asus4

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • Dm

  • B

    2
Intro 1
Bb
C
D
Bb
C
D
Bb
C
D
G
Verse 1
Asus4
The air is getting
A
G
hotter
D
There's a rumbling in the skies
G
I've been wading through the
Asus4
A
high muddy water
G
D
With the heat rising through my eyes
Bm
G
Every day your memory grows dimmer
Em
It doesn't hurt me like it did before
D
G
I've been walking through
A
the middle of nowhere
G
D
Trying to get to heaven before they close

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Interlude 1
the door
G
A
G
D
G
A
G
D
G
Verse 2
Asus4
A
When I was in Missouri
G
D
A
They would not let me be
G
A
I had to leave there in a hurry
G
D
I only saw what they let me see
Bm
G
They broke the heart that loved you
Em
Now you can seal up the book
G
D
and not write anymore
G
A
I've been walking that lonesome valley
G
Trying to get to heaven
D
before they close the door
Oh yeah
G
Verse 3
Asus4
Ooh
G
Trying to get to heaven before
they close the door
D
G
Asus4
Ooh
A
Asus4
Trying to get to heaven
G
D
before they close the door
Verse 4
G
Asus4
A
G
People on the platforms
D
Waiting for the trains
G
I can hear their hearts a-beatin'
A
G
Like Like pendulums
D
swinging on chains
Bm
When you think you've
G
lost everything
Em
You find out you can
D
always lose a little more
G
I'm just going down the
A
road feeling bad
G
Trying hard to get to heaven
D
before they close the door
Verse 5
G
A
Ooh
Asus4
A
G
Trying to get to heaven before
D
G
A
they close the door
Ooh
Asus4
A
G
Trying to get to heaven before
they close the door
D
Bm
D
G
Verse 6
Bb
C
Ooh, oh
D
Verse 7
G
A
Ooh
G
Trying to get to heaven before
D
G
they close the door
Asus4
Ooh
G
Asus4
A
G
Trying to get to heaven before
Em
D
Dm
they close the door
Verse 8
G
A
I'm going down the river
G
Go ing down to New Orleans
D
G
They tell me everything
A
Asus4
is gonna be all right
A
G
But I don't know what "all
Em
D
right" even means
Bm
B
Bm
G
I close my eyes and I wonder, boys
Em
D
If everything is as hollow as it seems
G
I been to Sugar Town,
A
I shook the sugar down
G
Trying to get to heaven before
D
they close the door
Hey
Verse 9
G
Asus4
Ooh
G
Trying to get to heaven before
D
they close the door
G
Asus4
Ooh
G
Trying to get to heaven before
D
they close the door
Verse 10
G
Ooh (and relive my dreams)
Asus4
Trying to get to heaven
G
before they close the door
D
G
Asus4
Ooh (I've been on the run)
Trying to get to heaven
G
D
before they close the door
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