He Was In Heaven Before He Died

	  		


Intro: C 
  
verse 1: 
                     F 
There's a rainbow of babies 
       G             C 
Draped over the graveyard 
      F            C 
Where all the dead sailors 
               G 
Wait for their brides 
        C 
And the cold bitter snow 
    F              C 
Has strangled each grass-blade 
          F               C 
Where the salt from their tears 
       G           C 
Washed in with the tide 
 
      F             C 
And I smiled on the Wabash 
    G           C 
The last time I passed it 
  F          C 
I gave her a wink 
                   G   
From the passenger side 
   C 
My foot fell asleep 
     F            C 
As I swallowed my candy 
        F         C 
Knowing he was in heaven 
  G       C 
Before he died 


verse 2: 
                     F 
Now the harbour's on fire 
         G            C 
With the dreams and desires 
     F              C 
Of a thousand young poets 
                       G 
Who failed 'cause they tried 
      C 
For a rhyme without reason 
       F           C 
Floats down to the bottom 
          F          C 
Where the scavengers eat 'em 
    G                 C 
And wash out with the tide 

      F             C 
And I smiled on the Wabash 
    G           C 
The last time I passed it 
  F          C 
I gave her a wink 
                   G   
From the passenger side 
   C 
My foot fell asleep 
     F            C 
As I swallowed my candy 
        F         C 
Knowing he was in heaven 
  G       C 
Before he died 


Instrumental: C      F  C  G  C  F  C  G    F  C  G  C   F  G    C 

verse 3: 
                 F 
The sun can play tricks 
          G           C 
With your eyes on the highway 
        F            C 
And the moon can lay sideways 
                      G 
'Til the ocean stands still 
      C 
But a person can't tell 
    F              C 
His best friend he loves him 
         F                C 
'Til the time has stopped breathing 
           G            C 
And you're alone on the hill 

      F             C 
But I smiled on the Wabash 
    G           C 
The last time I passed it 
  F          C 
I gave her a wink 
                   G   
From the passenger side 
   C 
My foot fell asleep 
     F            C 
As I swallowed my candy 
        F         C 
Knowing he was in heaven 
  G       C 
Before he died 
    F         C 
Oh, he was in heaven 
  G        
Before he died 
    F         C       G   C 
Oh, he was in heaven