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Billionaire Rebellion – Heaven Seems So Close on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C   D   F   C
C   D   F C

[Verse 1]
C           G
Angels came crashin'
        C
on the pavement
F             Am
Sobbing in estrangement
Foldin' up their
 Dm     G
broken wings

[Verse 2]
C           G
 A crowd of people
             C
stopped and gathered
F                Am
Pickin' up their feathers
                 Dm
Wondering how to fix
       E7
those things

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[Bridge]
Dm                  E7
A choir of children sang
                 Am
 them Christmas songs
D7               G
 Then the angels tore
                F
their crooked pinions
G              F
Slowly growing perfect
            G
 wings back on
C    G             C
 Levitating on the sidewalk
 F              C
 one by one they rose

[Verse 3]
C          G
 While the angels
         C
were ascending
F             Am
Higher, never ending
                Dm
Till they shone among
     G
 the stars

[Verse 4]
C           G
 The people turned and
             C
 went their own way
F
Smiling ‘bout that
 Am
 strange day
               Dm
Sliding back into
       E7
their cars

[Bridge]
Dm
Some were sayin'
   E7             Am
 ‘heaven must be real
D7
 If there’s a God too,
  G            F
 why he never helps us
G              F
When it’s only greed
            G
 and hate we feel?’

[Outro]
C         G
Life will never
        C
be the same
   F
Now heaven seems
    C     D   G
 so close
C         D   G   C
 So close

How to play Heaven Seems So Close: key, chords and progression

These are Heaven Seems So Close chords by Billionaire Rebellion on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Heaven Seems So Close by Billionaire Rebellion is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 8 chords: C, D, F, G, Am, Dm, E7 and D7.

Listen for C – G – C – F (I – V – I – IV in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – soh – doh – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.