Trying To Get To Heaven
Bob DylanVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
The air is getting hotter
There's a rumbling in the skies
I've been wading through the high muddy water
With the heat rising in my eyes
Every day your memory grows dimmer
It doesn't haunt me like it did before
I've been walking through the middle of nowhere
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
When I was in Missouri
They would not let me be
I had to leave there in a hurry
I only saw what they let me see
You broke a heart that loved you
Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore
I've been walking that lonesome valley
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
People on the platforms
Waiting for the trains
I can hear their hearts a-beatin'
Like pendulums swinging on chains
When you think that you lost everything
You find out you can always lose a little more
I'm just going down the road feeling bad
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
I'm going down the river
Down to New Orleans
They tell me everything is gonna be all right
But I don't know what "all right" even means
I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-Jane
Miss Mary-Jane got a house in Baltimore
I been all around the world, boys
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door
Gonna sleep down in the parlor
And relive my dreams
I'll close my eyes and I wonder
If everything is as hollow as it seems
Some trains don't pull no gamblers
No midnight ramblers, like they did before
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door
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Readable chord sheet for Trying To Get To Heaven by Bob Dylan
[G#2] [G#maj] [A#] [D#] [G#]The air is getting [A#]hotter [G#]There's a rumbling in the [D#]skies [G#]I've been wading through the [A#]high muddy water [G#]With the heat rising in my [D#]eyes [Cdim]Every day your memory grows d[G#2]immer [Fm]It doesn't haunt me like it d[D#]id before [G#]I've been walking through the middle o[A#]f nowhere [G#]Trying to get to heaven before they [D#]close the door [G#]When I was in [A#]Missouri [G#]They would not let me [D#]be [G#]I had to leave there in a [A#]hurry [G#]I only saw what they let me [D#]see [Cdim]You broke a heart that love[G#2]d you [Fm]Now you can seal up the book and not w[D#]rite anymore [G#]I've been walking that lonesome [A#]valley [G#]Trying to get to heaven before they close[D#] the door [G#]People on the [A#]platforms [G#]Waiting for the [D#]trains [G#]I can hear their hearts a[A#]-beatin' [G#]Like pendulums swinging on [D#]chains [Cdim]When you think that you lost [G#2]everything [Fm]You find out you can always lose [D#]a little more [G#]I'm just going down the road f[A#]eeling bad [G#]Trying to get to heaven before they c[D#]lose the door [G#]I'm going down the[A#] river [G#]Down to New [D#]Orleans [G#]They tell me everything is gonna be [A#]all right [G#]But I don't know what "all right" e[D#]ven means [Cdim]I was riding in a buggy with Miss [G#2]Mary-Jane [Fm]Miss Mary-Jane got a house in [D#]Baltimore [G#]I been all around the world, [A#]boys [G#]Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they c[D#]lose the door [G#]Gonna sleep down in the [A#]parlor [G#]And relive my [D#]dreams [G#]I'll close my eyes and I w[A#]onder [G#]If everything is as hollow as it [D#]seems [Cdim]Some trains don't pull no [G#2]gamblers [Fm]No midnight ramblers, like they [D#]did before [G#]I been to Sugar Town, I shook the [A#]sugar down [G#]Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they c[D#]lose the door