Warren Zevon – The Indifference Of Heaven (Guitar)

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Studio version on “Mutineer” in standard tuning Fmaj7: 033211 Cm6: x05543 [Intro] Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 [Verse 1]
Bb               F  Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
    Time marches on

Bb              F     Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
    Time stands still

Bb              F     Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
    Time on my hands

Bb          F   Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
    Time to kill

Dm
   Blood on my hands

       Cm           F    Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
And my hands in the till

Bb          F       Cm F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
Down at the Seven Eleven
[Chorus]
Bb        F   Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Gentle rain

Bb          F   Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Falls on me

Bb          F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   All life folds   back

Bb          F   Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Into the sea

Dm                 Cm   F Fmaj7
   We contemplate eternity

F Fmaj7     Bb      F            Cm  Cm6 Cm Cm6
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven
F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 [Bridge 1]
Dm             F               Cm            F   Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
The past seems realer than the present to me now

F        Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 Cm   F  Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
I've got memories to   last me

Bb         Dm
  When the sky is gray

Cm           F    Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
  The way it is today

F              Bb         F     Cm Cm6 Cm Cm6 F  Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
I remember the times when I was hap-----------py
[Pre-Verse] Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 [Verse 2]
Bb          F  Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Same old sun

Bb          F  Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Same old moon

Bb                   F  Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   It's the same old story

Bb          F  Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Same old tune

Dm
  They all say

Cm        F   Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
  Someday soon

Bb           F         Cm  Cm  Cm6 Cm Cm6
My sins will all be forgiven
[Chorus]
Bb        F   Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Gentle rain

Bb          F   Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Falls on me

Bb          F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   All life folds   back

Bb          F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Into the sea

Dm                 Cm   F Fmaj7
   We contemplate eternity

F Fmaj7     Bb      F            Cm     Cm Cm6 Cm Cm6
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven
[Bridge 2] F Bb Cm Cm F Bb Cm Cm
F     Bb    Cm   Cm        F
 They say, "Everything's alright."

F     Bb    Cm     Cm       F
 They say, "Better days are near."

F    Bb        Cm            Cm
They tell us, "These are the good times."

F     Bb         Cm          Cm
  But they don't live around here

F           Bb     Cm
Billy and Christie don't

    F         Bb    Cm
And Bruce and Patti don't

F Bb Cm                     F    Bb Cm Cm6 Cm Cm6
     They don't live around here
[Pre-Verse] Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 Bb F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 [Verse 3]
Bb          F    Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
    I had a girl

Bb           F    Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Now she's gone

Bb          F    Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   She left town

Bb             F    Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Town burned down

Dm
  Nothing left

Cm        F    Fmaj7 F
  But the sound

Fmaj7  Bb         F          Cm Cm6 Cm Cm6
Of the front door closing forever
[Chorus]
Bb        F   Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Gentle rain

Bb          F   Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Falls on me

Bb          F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   All life folds   back

Bb          F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7
   Into the sea

Dm                 Cm   F Fmaj7
   We contemplate eternity

F Fmaj7     Bb      F            Cm  Cm6 Cm Cm6
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

    Bb      F            Cm   F
The vast indifference of heaven