{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1503947,"song":"Heavenly Father","artist":"Bon Iver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1503947-heavenly-father-chords-by-bon-iver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1503947?type=chord","rating":4.68404,"votes":186,"content":"tabbed by d.funch\r\n\r\nSo here are the chords for Bon Iver?s Heavenly Father. Bear in mind that these chords\r\nwill only fit with the\r\nrecording if you tune your guitar a whole step down (DGCFAD). Look here for guidance on\r\nhow to do that:\r\nhttp://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/tuning/full-step-down/. To get the true chord\r\nprogression, just transpose the\r\nwhole song using the transpose function on this site to the left - it's in the key of Bb\r\nso transpose it a whole\r\nstep down.\r\nAlso a thank you to Philip H. Mancuso for giving inspiration to this tab - he?s done a\r\ncool cover of the song\r\nhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbE9IbLfRo\r\nHe is also doing some fingerpicking for the intro and first verse. If you want to play\r\nthat, I suggest you go\r\nlook and listen over at youtube. However, the stuff he is playing around with is the tab below.\r\nSome of the chords has some small variations, so I've put how I like to play them below\r\nas well. Have fun.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]*      [ch]Am7/C[/ch]     [ch]Fsus2[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]*   [ch]Am7/C[/ch]   [ch]F(maj7)[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nd|---3---------3--------3-------------------|-----3-----3-------0-------3-----|\r\nA|-----1---------1--------1-----------------|-----1-----1-------1-------0-----|\r\nF|-0--------2-------------------------------|-----0-----2-------2-------0-----|\r\nC|--------------------3---------------------|-----2-----x-------3-------0-----|\r\nG|------------------------------------------|-----3-----3-------3-------x-----|\r\nD|------------------------------------------|-----x-----x-------1-------3-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]*\r\never since I heard the howling wind[/tab]\r\nAm7/C?\r\nI didn't need to go where a bible went\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]*\r\nbut then you know your gifts seemed heaven sent[/tab]\r\nAm7/C?\r\njust lead me to a choler, dad, thats the thing\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't know how you house the sin?[/tab]\r\nbut you're free now\r\nF                                          Am?\r\nI was never sure how much of you I could let in\r\nam i free now\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwon't you settle down baby here your love has been[/tab]\r\nG?\r\nheavenly father it's definitely lava\r\n        F               C?\r\nwhy you don't carry other names\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]*\r\nheard about a day where it dropped the Know[/tab]\r\nAm7/C?\r\nto go another day as we learn to close\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ncause I'm a known coward in a coward wind[/tab]\r\nbut you're free now\r\nF                                    Am?\r\nyou turn around now and you count to 10\r\nto see you go now\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwell I know now honey that I can't pretend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nheavenly father is whose brought to his autumn[/tab]\r\nF               C?\r\nand love is left in end\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI just been up here for god damn years[/tab]\r\ncan you see now\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfilling up hulls with god damn fears[/tab]\r\nI am free now\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI know about it darling I been standing here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nheavenly father[/tab]\r\nis all that he offers\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\na safety in the end[/tab]","plain_text":"tabbed by d.funch\n\nSo here are the chords for Bon Iver?s Heavenly Father. Bear in mind that these chords\nwill only fit with the\nrecording if you tune your guitar a whole step down (DGCFAD). Look here for guidance on\nhow to do that:\nhttp://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/tuning/full-step-down/. To get the true chord\nprogression, just transpose the\nwhole song using the transpose function on this site to the left - it's in the key of Bb\nso transpose it a whole\nstep down.\nAlso a thank you to Philip H. Mancuso for giving inspiration to this tab - he?s done a\ncool cover of the song\nhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbE9IbLfRo\nHe is also doing some fingerpicking for the intro and first verse. If you want to play\nthat, I suggest you go\nlook and listen over at youtube. However, the stuff he is playing around with is the tab below.\nSome of the chords has some small variations, so I've put how I like to play them below\nas well. Have fun.\n\n\n\n\n\nAm7/C?\nI didn't need to go where a bible went\n\nAm7/C?\njust lead me to a choler, dad, thats the thing\n\nbut you're free now\nF                                          Am?\nI was never sure how much of you I could let in\nam i free now\n\nG?\nheavenly father it's definitely lava\n        F               C?\nwhy you don't carry other names\n\n\n\nAm7/C?\nto go another day as we learn to close\n\nbut you're free now\nF                                    Am?\nyou turn around now and you count to 10\nto see you go now\n\n\nF               C?\nand love is left in end\n\n\n\ncan you see now\n\nI am free now\n\n\nis all that he offers","chords":["Bb","C","Am7/C","Fsus2","F(maj7)","G","A","F","D","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}