Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
FF C majorC G+G
Verse:
DmDm C majorC Fadd9Fadd9 DmDm
If life is a river and your heart is a boat
C majorC DmDm G+G
And just like a water baby, baby born to float
DmDm C majorC Fadd9Fadd9 DmDm
And if life is a wild wind that blows way on high
C majorC DmDm G+G
And your heart is Amelia dying to fly
FF G+G EdimEdim A augmentedA
Heaven knows no frontiers
DmDm G+G Fadd9Fadd9
And I've seen heaven in your eyes
Instrumental:
Fadd9Fadd9 C majorC DmDm
Chorus:
DmDm C majorC Fadd9Fadd9 DmDm
And if life is a barroom in which we must wait
C majorC DmDm G+G
'Round the man with his fingers on the ivory gates
DmDm C majorC Fadd9Fadd9 DmDm
Where we sing until dawn of our fears and our fates
C majorC DmDm G+G
And we stack all the dead men in self addressed crates
Verse:
C majorC G+G
In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark
FdimFdim A minorAm
That somehow this black night
FF
Feels warmer for the spark
C majorC
Warmer for the spark
G+G
To hold us 'til the day
FdimFdim A minorAm
When fear will lose it's grip
FF
And heaven has its way
G+G EdimEdim A augmentedA
Heaven knows no frontiers
DmDm G+G Fadd9Fadd9
And I've seen heaven in your eyes
Instrumental:
Fadd9Fadd9 C majorC DmDm
Chorus:
DmDm C majorC Fadd9Fadd9 DmDm
If your life is a rough bed of brambles and nails
C majorC DmDm G+G
And your spirit's a slave to man's whips and man's jails
DmDm C majorC Fadd9Fadd9 DmDm
Where you thirst and you hunger for justice and right
C majorC DmDm G+G
And your heart is the pure flame of man's constant night
Verse:
C majorC G+G
In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark
FdimFdim A minorAm
That somehow this black night
FF
Feels warmer for the spark
C majorC
Warmer for the spark
G+G
To hold us 'til the day
FdimFdim A minorAm
When fear will lose it's grip
FF
And heaven has its way
C majorC
And heaven has its way
Verse:
G+G
When all will harmonise
FdimFdim A minorAm
And know what's in our hearts
FF
The dream will realise
G+G EdimEdim A augmentedA
Heaven knows no frontiers
DmDm G+G FF
And I've seen heaven in your eyes
G+G EdimEdim A augmentedA
Heaven knows no frontiers
DmDm G+G Fadd9Fadd9 C majorC
And I've seen heaven in your eyes