Indifference of heaven    (video)

 

    D - G - D - G (2x)

 

   D - G                         D   - G                        D   - G

1.         Time marches on,         time stands still,

                         D       - G               D

    time on my hands,        time to kill.

Bm                                               A                D

    Blood on my hands, and my hands in the till,

G                        D         A  D

    down at the Seven-eleven.

 

G               D   - G                D    - G

     Gentle rain        falls on me,

           D             - G                 D

all life folds back       into the sea.

Bm                             A    D

    We contemplate eternity

                      G        D                   A

beneath the vast indifference of heaven.

 

  Bm                                                      A                    D

+     The past seems realer than the present to me now,

D                                    A    D

    I've got memories to last me.

G                  Bm             - A                  D

    When the sky is gray,       the way it is today,

D                           G                D        A    D

    I remember the times when I was happy.

 

+  D - G  - D - G (2x)

 

   D - G                    D   - G                      D     - G

2.          Same old sun,        same old moon,

                                  D    - G                  D

    it's the same old story,       same old tune.

Bm                   - A                    D

    They all say       someday soon,

 

G                     D            A

    my sins will all be forgiven.          +  CHORUS      +  D - G - A (2x)

 

    D                     A                     D

+      They say, "Everything's alright."

                      - A                              D

    They say,       "Better days are near."

                              A                                       - D

    They tell us, "These are the good times."

                            A

    But they don't live round here.

      D                G       A               D              G     A

    Billy and Christie don't, and Bruce and Patti don't,

D - G      A                                D    - G - A

           they don't live around here.                   +  D - G  - D - G (2x)

 

    D - G              D   - G                    D    - G

4.            I had girl,        now she's gone,

                   D     - G                        D  

    she left town,       town burned down.

Bm                   - A                 D

    Nothing left         but the sound

                G              D            A

    of the front door closing forever.

 

G               D   - G                D    - G

     Gentle rain        falls on me,

           D             - G                 D

all life folds back       into the sea.

Bm                             A    D

    We contemplate eternity

                      G        D                   A

beneath the vast indifference of heaven.

 

             G        D                   A   D

+  The vast indifference of heaven.

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Warren Zevon)