The Alan Parsons Project - Closer to Heaven
Track #3, Gaudi, 1987
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* JonPebble's version shifted to better suit my vocal range
* and added chord links so anyone can shift it to theirs
* (transpose -7,+5 for Jon's original version)
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D C G C D D
Rising and falling lighter than air
D C G C D D
Silently calling no one is there
G C Am C D D
Oh, bird that is flying so high and so free
G C Am D G G
Closer to heaven than you and me
D C G C D D
Voices of strangers keep me from sleep
D C G C D D
Guardian angels watch over the deep
G C Am G D D
A ship that is sailing way out to the sea
G C Am D G G
Closer to heaven than you and me
Em Em Em Am Em Em
Visions of rain fall out of blue skies
Em D C C D D
Rivers of tears flow out of dry eyes
Em Em Em Am Em Em
Answer my question tell me no lies
Em D C C D D
Is this the real world or a fool's paradise?
D C G C D D
Wind that is blowing so wild and so free
G C Am D G G
Closer to heaven than you and me
G C Am7 D Em Em
Closer to heaven longing to be
G C Am D G G
Closer to heaven than you and me
Em Em Em Am Em Em
Visions of rain fall out of blue skies
Em D C C D D
Rivers of tears flow out of dry eyes
Em Em Em Am Em Em
Answer my question tell me no lies
Em D C C D D
Is this the real world or a fool's paradise?
D C G C D D
Love that lies sleeping wakes in the night
D C G C D D
Secrets for keeping that won't see the light
G C Am G D D
I look to the future and I hope it will be
G C Am D G G
Closer to heaven than you and me
G C Am7 D Em Em
Closer to heaven longing to be
G C Am D G G
Closer to heaven than you and me
