Closest To Heaven Cifras

CLOSEST TO HEAVEN
As recorded by Ella Langley
(From the 2024 Album HUNGOVER)
 
 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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They shut the door
D
Pulled the shade, told us the news
        G
Now, it wasn't long till the pastor came
G
Read a red line from Luke
     Bm
Granddaddy said, "I'm probably damned
         A
From the damn things I've done"
        G                 D/F#
Then he grabbed Grandma's hand
       Em
And in front of everyone
N.C.
He told her
 
 
[Chorus]
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The closest to Heaven that I'll ever be
   G
Is somewhere with you under a big old oak tree
        Bm
If it's hell-fire or streets of gold
      A
Don't know where I'm gonna go
       Em          D/F#      G
But if one thing I know, I believe
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Honey, you're the closest to Heaven
     A         D
That I'll ever be
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Then he said, "I was noddin' off
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Whiskey on my breath
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In a pinewood back pew
       G
I only talked to God every now and then
G
To thank Him for you
         Bm
Guess He knew what He was doin'
        A
When He sent you my way
             G             D/F#        Em
You were the only chance I ever had at ever bein' saved"
 
 
[Chorus]
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Yeah, the closest to Heaven that I'll ever be
   G
Is somewhere with you under a big old oak tree
        Bm
If it's hell-fire or streets of gold
      A
Don't know where I'm gonna go
       Em          D/F#      G
But if one thing I know, I believe
                  D
Honey, you're the closest to Heaven
     A         D
That I'll ever be
 
 
[Bridge]
Bm                      A
Twenty-one guns, folded flag in her lap
G             D/F#
One headstone blank
        Em7
Next to one etched in black
N.C.
And it reads
 
 
[Chorus]
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The closest to Heaven that I'll ever be
   G
Is somewhere with you under a big old oak tree
        Bm
If it's hell-fire or streets of gold
      A
Don't know where I'm gonna go
       Em          D/F#      G
But if one thing I know, I believe
                  D
Honey, you're the closest to Heaven
     A         Bm  E
That I'll ever be
                  G
Honey, you're the closest to Heaven
     A         D
That I'll ever be
 
 
[Outro]
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