Heaven Brett Dennen
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"Heaven" by Brett Dennen
[F] [A#] [Dm]
|--(1)--| |-------| |-------| |---1---| |---3---| |---6---| |---2---| |---3---| |---7---| |---3---| |---3---| |---7---| |---X---| |---1---| |---5---| |---1---| |-------| |-------|
[Am] [Gm] [C]
|--(5)--| |--(3)--| |-------| |---5---| |---3---| |---5---| |---5---| |---3---| |---5---| |---7---| |---5---| |---5---| |--(7)--| |--(5)--| |---3---| |---5---| |---3---| |-------|
Notes: Strumming is just a solid downstroke pattern. Notes in parentheses may be played
For the most part, though, Brett leaves them out
(as I do in the video).
With Am, half the time Brett plays it as a standard barre chord and the other half he
it as I do.
I prefer using the thumb for the bass notes (reminiscent of John Mayer's style). During
F chord in the chorus Brett adds a little hammer-on with the pinky on the 4th string,
fret.
This transcription was taken from numerous videos, most specifically this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj7OS0dOp-E
"Heaven" by Brett Dennen
Verse 1
[F]Beyond the rules of rel[A#]igion
[Dm]the cloth of conv[Am]iction
[A#]above all the compe[F]tit[Dm]ion
[Gm]where fact and fiction [C]meet
There's no [F]color lines, casts or [A#]classes
[Dm]there's no fooling the [Am]masses
[A#]whatever faith you [F]pract[Dm]ice
[Gm]whatever you [C]believe
Chorus:
Oh, [Dm]Heaven, Hea[A#]ven[C] [Dm]
[Dm]What the hell is [A#]heav[C]en?[Dm]
[A#]Is there a [C]home for the [F]homeless
[A#]Is there [C]hope for the [F]hopeless
Verse 2
[F]Throw away your miscon[A#]ceptions
[Dm]there's no walls around [Am]heaven
[A#]there's no codes you gotta [F]know to [Dm]get in
no [Gm]minutemen or border [C]patrol
[F]You must lose your earthly poss[A#]essions
[Dm]leave behind your [Am]weapons
[A#]you can't buy your sa[F]lva[Dm]tion
and there [Gm]is no pot of [C]gold
-Chorus-
Bridge:
[Am]Heaven ain't got no [Dm]prisons
[Gm]no government, no [Dm]business
[Am]no banks or poli[Dm]ticians
[A#]no armies and no po[Am]lic[Gm]e
Verse 3
[F]Castles and cathedrals c[A#]rumble
[Dm]pyramids and pipelines tu[Am]mble
the [A#]failure keeps you [F]humb[Dm]le
and [Gm]leads us closer to [C]peace
-Chorus-
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