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Heaven Can Wait

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  Amadd9x07557
Am*     x07558
[Intro]
|   Am|   Am|    F|    E| x2
[Verse 1]
   AmShe's slidingAm, she's sliding
Fdown to the depth of the wEorld
   AmShe's fightingAm, she's fighting
the Furge to make sand out of pEearls
[Chorus]
  CHeaven can wD7ait
and hFell's too far to Amgo
  CSomewhere betwD7een
what you nFeed and what you kGnowG7  
And they're Ctrying to E7drive that Amescalator D7into the gAmround
[Verse 2]
   AmShe's hidingAm, she's hiding
On a Fbattleship of baggage and bEones
   AmThere's thunderAm, there's lightning
And an Favalanche of faces you kEnow
[Chorus]
  CHeaven can wD7ait
and hFell's too far to Amgo
  CSomewhere betwD7een
what you nFeed and what you kE7nowE7sus4  E7  
And they're Ctrying to E7drive that Amescalator D7into the gAmround
[Bridge]
  CYou left your credentials in a greyhound sAmtationAmadd9  
with a Cfirst aid kit and a D7flashlight
FGoing to a desert unkE7nownE7sus4  E7  
[Chorus]
  CHeaven can wD7ait
and hFell's too far to Amgo
  CSomewhere betwD7een
what you nFeed and what you kGnowG7  
                     C           E7          Am          D7         Am   Amadd9  Am*
And they're trying to drive that escalator into the ground

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Heaven Can Wait

by Charlotte Gainsbourg

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Amadd9

E7sus4

Amadd9

x07557

* x07558

[Intro]

Am Am F E

| | | | | x2

[Verse 1]

Am Am

She's sliding, she's sliding

F E

down to the depth of the world

Am Am

She's fighting, she's fighting

F E

the urge to make sand out of pearls

[Chorus]

C D7

Heaven can wait

F Am

and hell's too far to go

C D7

Somewhere between

F G G7

what you need and what you know

C E7 Am D7 Am

And they're trying to drive that escalator into the ground

[Verse 2]

Am Am

She's hiding, she's hiding

F E

On a battleship of baggage and bones

Am Am

There's thunder, there's lightning

F E

And an avalanche of faces you know

[Chorus]

C D7

Heaven can wait

F Am

and hell's too far to go

C D7

Somewhere between

F E7 E7sus4 E7

what you need and what you know

C E7 Am D7 Am

And they're trying to drive that escalator into the ground

[Bridge]

C Am Amadd9

You left your credentials in a greyhound station

C D7

with a first aid kit and a flashlight

F E7 E7sus4 E7

Going to a desert unknown

[Chorus]

C D7

Heaven can wait

F Am

and hell's too far to go

C D7

Somewhere between

F G G7

what you need and what you know

C E7 Am D7 Am Amadd9 Am

And they're trying to drive that escalator into the ground

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