Warren Zevon – The Indifference Of Heaven (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Capo 3
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Chords

"The Indifference of Heaven"(Zevon) As performed on "Learning to Flinch" (1993) main lick:
   D5  Asus4  D/A  D5  G/B
D|-0---------------0----------------|
B|-3---3------3----3---3-3-3-3-3----|
G|-2---2------2----2---0-0-0-0-0----|
D|-0---2------4----0---0-0-0-0-0----|
A|-0-------------------2-2-2-2-2----|
D|-0--------------------------------|
[intro] D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B x 10 [verse]
 G/B   D5    D5 A4 D/A G/B    D5     D5 A4 D/A D5
Time marches on        Time stands still,

 G/B        D5  A4 D/A G/B        D D/C#
Time on my hands        Time to kill.

Bm                        A4           D5 A4 D5
Blood on my hands And my hands in the till,

 G/B         D5       A4 D5  D5 A4 D/A G/B
Down at the Seven - Eleven.
[verse]
 G/B     D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B        D5 A4 D/A D5
Gentle rain             Falls on me,

G/B       D5      D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B       D D/C#
All life folds back             Into the sea

Bm               A4   D5
We contemplate eternity,

 D5          G/B    D5            A4
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven.
[verse variation]
     Bm         A4               D5
The past seems realer than the present to me now,

D5            G/B     A4  D5
I've got memories to last me.

G/B              Bm       A4          D5
When the sky is gray the way it is today,

D5              G/B       D5     A4 D5
I remember the times when I was happy.
[verse]
G/B        D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B        D5 Asus4 D/A D5 G/B
Same old sun            Same old moon,

G/B                 D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B        D5 D/C#
It's the same old story           Same old tune.

Bm             A4      D5 A4 D5
They all say, someday soon,

G/B          D5         A4 D5
My sins will all be forgiven.
[verse]
G/B       D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B        D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B
Gentle rain              Falls on me,

G/B       D5       A4 D/A D5 G/B         D D/C#
All life folds back            Into the sea.

Bm               A4   D5
We contemplate eternity,

D5           G/B    D5            A4
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven.
D5 G/B A4 D5 x 4 [bridge]
  D5  G/B       A4         D5
They say "Everything's all right",

  D5  G/B  A4     D5
They say "Better days are near",

  D5  G/B       A4                 D5
They tell us "These are the good times",

     G/B        A4         D5
But they don't live around here.

 D5          G/B    A4
Billy and Christie don't--

  D5       G/B   A4
Bruce and Patti don't--

D5 G/B     A4                D5
Hm!  They don't live around here.
[verse]
G/B       D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B        D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B
I had a girl           Now she's gone.

G/B        D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B            D5 D/C#
She left town            Town burned down

Bm            A4      D5
Nothing left but the sound,

D5      G/B         D5      A4 D5
Of the front door closing forever.
[verse]
G/B       D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B       D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B
Gentle rain             Falls on me

G/B             D5 A4 D/A D5 G/B         D5 D/C#
All life folds back            Into the sea.

Bm               A4   D5
We contemplate eternity,

   D5        G/B    D5            A4
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven,

   D5        G/B    D5            A4 D5
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven.