Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
🎸
β Intro:
D# G#---D#---G#---D#
D# G# D#
Calling Heaven
G#
Seeking mercy
D#
Tell me there's a place for these.
β Chorus 1:
Cm G#
What of the children who have never felt a love
A# D#
Tender as the morning
Cm G# A# D#
Nursing the bruises and the scars that never seem to go away.
Cm G#
What of the babies who have never left the womb
A# D#
Breathing in the lifeline
Cm G# A# D#
Angels in waiting, gone before they could be given wings to fly.
G# D# Cm
Calling Heaven
D# Cm
Seeking mercy
A# D#
Tell me there's a place for these.
β Chorus 2:
Cm G#
What of the noble who are searching for the truth
A# D#
With truest of intentions
Cm G# A# D#
And yet they're jaded by hypocrisies behind cathedral walls.
Cm G#m
What of the humble and the meek that knew despair
A# D#
And never got their moment.
Cm G# A# D# G#
But sacrificed a life of comfort so that others knew no pain.
D# Cm
Calling Heaven
D# Cm
Seeking mercy
A# D#
Tell me there's a place for these.
G# D# Cm
Calling Heaven
D# Cm
Seeking mercy
A# D#
Tell me there's a place for these.
β Interlude: β G# D# G# D# A#
β Chorus 3:
D# C G#
What of the ones who call you, Lord but play the field
A# D#
With faithless indecision
Cm G# A# D#
Forgive us, Father, for we truly do not know what we have done.
β Chorus 4:
G# D# Cm
Calling Heaven
D# G#
Seeking mercy
A# D#
Tell me there's a place for these.
G# D# Cm
Calling Heaven
D# G#
Seeking mercy
A# D#
Tell me there's a place for these.
G# D# Cm
Calling Heaven
D# G#
Seeking mercy
A# D#
Tell me there's a place for these.
G# Cm
Calling Heaven
D# G#
Seeking mercy
A# D#
Tell me there's a place for these.
G# D# Cm
Calling (place for these)
A# D#
Heaven (tell me there's a place for these)
D# G#
Seeking mercy
Song History
Published: January 4, 2024
Last Updated: September 10, 2025