{"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":80169,"song":"My Blue Heaven","artist":"The Pogues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/80169-my-blue-heaven-chords-by-the-pogues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/80169?type=chord","rating":4.72263,"votes":3,"content":"***MY BLUE HEAVEN - written by Philip Chevron and Darryl Hunt\r\nfrom the album \"Peace And Love\"\r\n\r\nMy Blue Heaven - As performed by The Pogues\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (4x)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlligators snap at your ankles[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd branches snap at your brain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I ever get through this swamp alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll nevermore pray for rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis must be the place, and still[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomehow it don't seem right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat something in the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCould change these endless days[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo lonely nights[/tab]\r\n\r\nI take a stroll down by the sea\r\nAnd walk along the pier\r\nThen I slip and hit my head\r\nNow's the time to fear\r\n\r\nSee the surface, see the rocks\r\nSee my past fly swiftly by\r\nI feel the water in my lungs\r\nAnd wake up screaming for my life\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn my blue heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a bottle of Pontchetrain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nChalmette by moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo take away the pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCard sharks and blue harps[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd dolphins who can leap[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn my Blue Heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhere I can laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I can weep[/tab]\r\n\r\nBlack shapes zip into corners\r\nThe big lads start to crawl\r\nTo holes of their own making\r\nIn the cracks within the wall\r\n\r\nSnakes and rats and spiders\r\nI know that they're still there\r\nI pray to God that I may sleep\r\nWithout a hope, without a care\r\n\r\nIn my blue heaven\r\nThere's a bottle of Pontchetrain\r\nChalmette by moonlight\r\nTo take away the pain\r\nFelines and sea lions\r\nAnd rain on the beach\r\nIn my Blue Heaven\r\nWith angels who are out of reach\r\n\r\nIn my blue heaven\r\nThere's a bottle of Pontchetrain\r\nChalmette by moonlight\r\nTo take away the pain\r\nNightingales sing\r\nAnd the bells they will ring\r\nIn my Blue Heaven\r\nThe Bells of Hell\r\nGo ding-[ch]A[/ch]-ling-[ch]A[/ch]-ling\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] (repeated to fade out)","plain_text":"***MY BLUE HEAVEN - written by Philip Chevron and Darryl Hunt\nfrom the album \"Peace And Love\"\n\nMy Blue Heaven - As performed by The Pogues\n\nINTRO: C F G (4x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI take a stroll down by the sea\nAnd walk along the pier\nThen I slip and hit my head\nNow's the time to fear\n\nSee the surface, see the rocks\nSee my past fly swiftly by\nI feel the water in my lungs\nAnd wake up screaming for my life\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlack shapes zip into corners\nThe big lads start to crawl\nTo holes of their own making\nIn the cracks within the wall\n\nSnakes and rats and spiders\nI know that they're still there\nI pray to God that I may sleep\nWithout a hope, without a care\n\nIn my blue heaven\nThere's a bottle of Pontchetrain\nChalmette by moonlight\nTo take away the pain\nFelines and sea lions\nAnd rain on the beach\nIn my Blue Heaven\nWith angels who are out of reach\n\nIn my blue heaven\nThere's a bottle of Pontchetrain\nChalmette by moonlight\nTo take away the pain\nNightingales sing\nAnd the bells they will ring\nIn my Blue Heaven\nThe Bells of Hell\nGo ding-A-ling-A-ling\n\nC F C G C F C G C (repeated to fade out)","chords":["C","F","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}