Bob Dylan - Trying to get to heaven From the album Time Out Of mind Chords: G# - 466544 G#2 - 8 11 10 8 9 8 G#maj - 8 11 10 8 8 8 A# - 688766 D# - 668886 Cdim - 8 9 10 8 10 8 Fm - 8 8 10 10 9 8 Intro: Ab2 G#maj Bb Eb Ab Bb The air is getting hotter Ab Eb There's a rumbling in the skies Ab Bb I've been wading through the high muddy water Ab Eb With the heat rising in my eyes Cdim Ab2 Every day your memory grows dimmer Fm Eb It doesn't haunt me like it did before Ab Bb I've been walking through the middle of nowhere Ab Eb Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ab Bb When I was in Missouri Ab Eb They would not let me be Ab Bb I had to leave there in a hurry Ab Eb I only saw what they let me see Cdim Ab2 You broke a heart that loved you Fm Eb Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore Ab Bb I've been walking that lonesome valley Ab Eb Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ab Bb People on the platforms Ab Eb Waiting for the trains Ab Bb I can hear their hearts a-beatin' Ab Eb Like pendulums swinging on chains Cdim Ab2 When you think that you lost everything Fm Eb You find out you can always lose a little more Ab Bb I'm just going down the road feeling bad Ab Eb Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ab Bb I'm going down the river Ab Eb Down to New Orleans Ab Bb They tell me everything is gonna be all right Ab Eb But I don't know what "all right" even means Cdim Ab2 I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-Jane Fm Eb Miss Mary-Jane got a house in Baltimore Ab Bb I been all around the world, boys Ab Eb Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ab Bb Gonna sleep down in the parlor Ab Eb And relive my dreams Ab Bb I'll close my eyes and I wonder Ab Eb If everything is as hollow as it seems Cdim Ab2 Some trains don't pull no gamblers Fm Eb No midnight ramblers, like they did before Ab Bb I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down Ab Eb Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door
