The Alan Parsons Project - Closer to Heaven Track #3, Gaudi, 1987 ************************************************************************ * JonPebble's version shifted to better suit my vocal range * and added chord links so anyone can shift it to theirs * (transpose -7,+5 for Jon's original version) ************************************************************************ D C G C D D Rising and falling lighter than air D C G C D D Silently calling no one is there G C Am C D D Oh, bird that is flying so high and so free G C Am D G G Closer to heaven than you and me D C G C D D Voices of strangers keep me from sleep D C G C D D Guardian angels watch over the deep G C Am G D D A ship that is sailing way out to the sea G C Am D G G Closer to heaven than you and me Em Em Em Am Em Em Visions of rain fall out of blue skies Em D C C D D Rivers of tears flow out of dry eyes Em Em Em Am Em Em Answer my question tell me no lies Em D C C D D Is this the real world or a fool's paradise? D C G C D D Wind that is blowing so wild and so free G C Am D G G Closer to heaven than you and me G C Am7 D Em Em Closer to heaven longing to be G C Am D G G Closer to heaven than you and me Em Em Em Am Em Em Visions of rain fall out of blue skies Em D C C D D Rivers of tears flow out of dry eyes Em Em Em Am Em Em Answer my question tell me no lies Em D C C D D Is this the real world or a fool's paradise? D C G C D D Love that lies sleeping wakes in the night D C G C D D Secrets for keeping that won't see the light G C Am G D D I look to the future and I hope it will be G C Am D G G Closer to heaven than you and me G C Am7 D EmEm Closer to heaven longing to be G C Am D G G Closer to heaven than you and me