Learn to play "Tell Me There's a Heaven" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
Dm7 Gsus4 C The little girl she said to me Dm7 Gsus4 Cmaj7 What are these things that I can see Dm7 Gsus4 C Each night when I come home from school Dm7 Gsus4 C When mama calls me in for tea Oh every night a baby dies And every night a mama cries What makes those men do what they do To make that person black and blue Fmaj7 G C Grandpa says their happy now Fmaj7 G C They sit with God in paradise Fmaj7 G C With angels' wings and still somehow Fmaj7 G Am It makes me feel like ice Chorus: C Tell me there's a heaven F Tell me that it's true Gsus4 Tell me there's a reason F C Why I'm seeing what I do C Tell me there's a heaven F Where all those people go Gsus4 Tell me they're all happy now F C Papa tell me that it's so So do I tell her that it's true That there's a place for me and you Where hungry children smile and say We wouldn't have no other way That every painful crack of bones Dm7 Gsus4 C Is a step along the way Dm7 F Cmaj7 Am7 Every wrong done is a game plan Dm7 Gsus4 C To that great and joyful day Fmaj7 G C And I'm looking at the father and the son Fmaj7 G C And I'm looking at the mother and the daughter Am And I'm watching them in tears of pain And I'm watching them suffer Don't tell that little girl G Tell me Chorus: Tell me there's a heaven Tell me that it's true Tell me there's a reason Why I'm seeing what I do Tell me there's a heaven Where all those people go Tell me they're all happy now Papa tell me that it's so You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsAm Am7 C Cmaj7 Dm7 F Fmaj7 G Gsus4 Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Tell Me There's a Heaven" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Tell Me There's a Heaven" by Chris Rea.