xBob Dylan - Trying to get to heaven From the album Time Out Of mind Chords: G# - 466544 G#2 - 8 11 10 8 9 8 G#maj - 8 11 10 8 8 8 A# - 688766 D# - 668886 Cdim - 8 9 10 8 10 8 Fm - 8 8 10 10 9 8 Intro: G#2 G#maj A# D# G# A# The air is getting hotter G# D# There's a rumbling in the skies G# A# I've been wading through the high muddy water G# D# With the heat rising in my eyes Cdim G#2 Every day your memory grows dimmer Fm D# It doesn't haunt me like it did before G# A# I've been walking through the middle of nowhere G# D# Trying to get to heaven before they close the door G# A# When I was in Missouri G# D# 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 CDim G#2 You broke a heart that loved you Fm D# Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore G# A# I've been walking that lonesome valley G# D# Trying to get to heaven before they close the door G# A# People on the platforms G# D# Waiting for the trains G# A# I can hear their hearts a-beatin' G# D# Like pendulums swinging on chains Cdim G#2 When you think that you lost everything Fm D# You find out you can always lose a little more G# A# I'm just going down the road feeling bad G# D# Trying to get to heaven before they close the door G# A# I'm going down the river G# D# Down to New Orleans G# A# They tell me everything is gonna be all right G# D# But I don't know what "all right" even means Cdim G#2 I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-Jane Fm D# Miss Mary-Jane got a house in Baltimore G# A# I been all around the world, boys G# D# Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door G# A# Gonna sleep down in the parlor G# D# And relive my dreams G# A# I'll close my eyes and I wonder G# D# If everything is as hollow as it seems Cdim G#2 Some trains don't pull no gamblers Fm D# No midnight ramblers, like they did before G# A# I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down G# D# Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door
