Key: :[F] (w: Jimmy McCarthy)
VERSE 1:
[Fadd9] [Am7] [D7sus4] If life is a
[G] river,
[D7sus4] and your heart is a
[G] boat
[C] And just
[C/B] like a
[Am] water baby, baby
[F] born to
[G] float
[D7sus4] And if life is a
[G] wild wind that
[D7sus4] blows way on
[G] high
[C] And your
[C/B] heart is A-
[Am]-melia
[F] dying to
[G] fly
CHORUS:
[F] Heaven
[G] knows
[Em7] no fron-
[A]-tiers
[F] And I've seen
[G] heaven in your
[Fadd9] eyes
[Am7] [D7sus4]
VERSE 2:
And if life is a
[G] bar room, in
[D7sus4] which we must
[G] wait
[C] Round the
[C/B] man with his
[Am] fingers on the
[F] ivory
[G] gates
[D7sus4] Where we sing until
[G] dawn, of our
[D7sus4] fears and our
[G] fates
[C] And we
[C/B] stack all the
[Am] dead men in
[F] self addressed
[G] crates
BRIDGE:
In your
[C] eyes, faint as the singing of a
[G] lark
That
[Em] somehow this black
[Am] night
Feels warmer for the
[F] spark, warmer for the
[C] spark
To hold us 'til the
[G] day, when
[Em] fear will lose its
[Am] grip
And heaven has its
[F] ways
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [Fadd9] [G] [Em7] [A] /
[F] [G]
VERSE 3:
If your life is a
[G] rough bed, of
[D7sus4] brambles and
[G] nails
[C] And your
[C/B] spirit's a
[Am] slave to man's
[F] whips and man's
[G] jails
[D7sus4] Where you thirst and you
[G] hunger for
[D7sus4] justice and
[G] right
[C] And your
[C/B] heart is a
[Am] pure flame of
[F] man's constant
[G] night
REPEAT BRIDGE:
BRIDGE EXTENDED:
And heaven has its
[C] ways, when all will harmon-
[G]-ise
And you
[Em] know what's in our
[Am] hearts, the dream will real-
[E]-ise
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
