Yes, I know it’s “Say Hello 2 Heaven”, but I can’t deal
Originally in G, I play in D, highest note that matters is the 3 (“never said nothing to me”)
Intro
Cadd9 | Bm7 | F6#11 | Bm7/E |
Gadd9 | D/F# | Cadd9 | Bm7 |
Yeah yeah |
C | D# | D |
Yeah | → |
C | D# | D |
Oooh | → |
C | D# |
→ |
Vox on the 3 on “please”
D | Em7 | Gadd9 | Bm |
Please mother | mercy, | take me from this | place |
D | Em7 | Gadd9 | C | |
And the | long-winded | curses I | hear in my | head |
C |
D | Em7 | Gadd9 | Bm |
Words never | listen and | teachers old and never | learn |
D | Em7 | G | C |
Now I’m warm from the | candle, though I | feel too cold to | burn |
C |
Vox on the 1 of the key (5 of the chord) on “came”
Gadd9 | D/F# | C | Bm7 |
He came from an i | sland and he | died from the | street |
D | F | E7 | Gadd9 |
And he hurt so bad | like a soul breaking but he | never said nothing to | me, yeah |
D | A | G | |
Say hello to | heaven, | heaven, | heaven |
D | A | G | |
Say hello to | heaven, | heaven, | heaven, yeah |
C | D# |
→ |
D | Em7 | Gadd9 | Bm |
New like a | baby, | lost like a | prayer |
D | Em7 | Gadd9 | C |
The sky was your | playground but the | cold ground was your | bed |
D | Em7 | Gadd9 | Bm |
Poor star | gazer, she’s | got no tears in her | eyes |
D | Em7 | Gadd9 | C |
But soon like a | whisper she knows that | love heals all wounds with | time |
C |
Gadd9 | D/F# | C | Bm7 |
And now it seemed like | too much love is, | never eno | ugh, yeah |
D | F | E7 | Gadd9 | |
You better, | seek out another r | oad, cause | this one has ended abr | upt, oh oh |
D | A | G | |
Say hello to | heaven, | heaven, | heaven |
D | A | G | |
Say hello to | heaven, | heaven, | heaven |
D | A | G | |
Say hello to | heaven, | heaven, | heaven, ooh |
Solo, in 6/4, easy to skip to the post-solo quiet part
Bm | D | Gadd9 | Gadd9 | |
Bm | D | Gadd9 | Gadd9 | |
Bm | D | Gadd9 | C | D |
→ |
D | F6 | Bm7/E | Gadd9 | Gadd9 |
Let ring
D | A | Gadd9 | Gadd9 |
C | D# |
→ | → |
D | Em7 | Gadd9 | Bm |
I, I never | wanted to write these | words down for | you |
D | Em7 | G | C | |
With the | pages of | phrases of all | things we’ll never | do |
C |
D | Em7 | Gadd9 | Bm | |
Yeah, so I | blow out the | candle, and I | put you to | bed |
D | F6 | |
Since you can’t | say to me how the | dogs broke your bone |
F# | Gadd9 | |
There’s | just one thing left to be | said, yeah |
D | A | G | |
Say hello to | heaven, to | heaven, | yeah |
D | A | G | |
Say hello to | heaven, | heaven, | yeah |
D | A | G | |
Say hello to | heaven, | heaven, | yeah |
D | A | G | |
Say hello to | heaven, to | heaven, | yeah |
C | D# | D |
→ | → | Oh |
C | D# | D |
→ | → |
C | D# |
→ | → |
Cadd9 | Bm7 | F6#11 | Bm7/E | D |