Doors Of Heaven Chords
by Arlo Guthrie
Doors Of Heaven by Arlo Guthrie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, D, C, B7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G Am D
If all the doors were closed in heaven
G
Where would all the angels go?
Am D
Would they just fly around forever
G
Or would they come down here below?
C G
If the pearly gates were closed this morning
B7 Em Em D C
Would there be angels here tonight?
D G Am
And would they live their lives among us
D G C D G
And share the darkness with their light?
G Am D
If all the doors were close in heaven
G
They'd have to close the road to hell
Am D
We'd all be stuck here with each other
G
There would be nowhere else to dwell
C G
If the pearly gates were closed this morning
B7 Em Em D C
And everyone there had to leave
D G Am
And death was nothing but a moment
D G C D G
Beyond the breaths you took to breathe
G Am D
If all the doors were closed in heaven
G
Who would dare abuse a child
Am D
Or let a little kid go hungry
G
Or not return a simple smile
C G
If the pearly gates were closed this morning
B7 Em Em D C
And the host of heaven was on the street
D G Am
I wonder if they'd look much different
D G C D G
From the likes of you and me
G Am D
So I hope they close the doors to heaven
G
And all the angels up above
Am D
Come and build a home among us
G
Remind us what it is to love
C G
If the pearly gates were closed this morning
B7 Em Em D C
Would there be angels here tonight?
D G Am
And would they live their lives among us
D G C D G
And share the darkness with their light?