The Alan Parsons Project – Closer To Heaven (Guitar)

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Track #3, Gaudi, 1987 ************************************************************************ * 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) ************************************************************************
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