Brett Dennen – Heaven (Guitar)

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View video at http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=102571661 Questions: [email protected] F Bb Dm
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Am Gm C
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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: [Verse 1]
F                      Bb
Beyond the rules of religion

Dm               Am
the cloth of conviction

Bb                 F  Dm
above all the competition

Gm                     C
where fact and fiction meet
[Verse 2]
           F                     Bb
There's no color lines, casts or classes

Dm                     Am
there's no fooling the masses

Bb                 F    Dm
whatever faith you practice

Gm           C
whatever you believe
[Chorus]
    Dm         Bb  C  Dm
Oh, Heaven, Heaven

Dm               Bb  C  Dm
What the hell is heaven?

Bb         C            F
Is there a home for the homeless

Bb       C            F
Is there hope for the hopeless
[Verse 3]
F                     Bb
Throw away your misconceptions

Dm                      Am
there's no walls around heaven

Bb                         F       Dm
there's no codes you gotta know to get in

   Gm                  C
no minutemen or border patrol
[Verse 4]
F                              Bb
You must lose your earthly possessions

Dm                Am
leave behind your weapons

Bb                   F  Dm
you can't buy your salvation

          Gm           C
and there is no pot of gold
[Chorus]
    Dm         Bb  C  Dm
Oh, Heaven, Heaven

Dm               Bb  C  Dm
What the hell is heaven?

Bb         C            F
Is there a home for the homeless

Bb       C            F
Is there hope for the hopeless
[Bridge]
Am                  Dm
Heaven ain't got no prisons

Gm                Dm
no government, no business

Am              Dm
no banks or politicians

Bb                 Am Gm
no armies and no police
[Verse 5]
F                       Bb
Castles and cathedrals crumble

Dm                       Am
pyramids and pipelines tumble

    Bb                F   Dm
the failure keeps you humble

    Gm                 C
and leads us closer to peace
[Chorus]
    Dm         Bb  C  Dm
Oh, Heaven, Heaven

Dm               Bb  C  Dm
What the hell is heaven?

Bb         C            F
Is there a home for the homeless

Bb       C            F
Is there hope for the hopeless
[Outro]
Bb         C            F
Is there a home for the homeless

Bb       C            F            Bb   C   F
Is there hope for the hopeless