What Heavens Left Chords

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What Heavens Left by Calexico and Iron & Wine is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, E and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: 
One, two, three 

B E  B F# 


Verse: 
              B           F# 
You take my tears off my face 
             E                             B 
You give me dawn for all the night that I make 
      B   B  B  E                F#             B E  B F# 
What wave of a wild hand called you into this woooooooooorld? 

             B                   F# 
You take my fear, you give me a fist 
        E                              B 
When I come to fight, you come with a kiss 
      B   B  B  E                F#             B E  B F# 
What wave of a wild hand called you into this woooooooooorld? 


            E                  F# 
I could be lost in the hills, laid on the street 
              B                          E 
And like the morning, you'll find me in time 
 E  E   E     B 
Ask me what heaven's left 
            F#               B  E  B F# 
I'll say, "Nothing comes to mind" 


BREAK: 
B  F#  E  B 

       B   B  B  E                F#             B E  B F# 
(What wave of a wild hand called you into this woooooooooorld?) 

 
            E                  F# 
I could be lost in the hills, dead on my feet 
              B                          E 
And like the morning, you'll find me in time 
 E   E   E    B               F# 
You take my doubt, let me believe 
              E                            B 
You find the lightning in the tops of my trees 
       B   B  B  E              F#              B E  B F# 
What blink of a wild eye called you into this woooooooooorld? 


Verse: 
             B                   F# 
You take my tongue when I try to say 
             E                         B 
"I'm always coming home the same castaway" 

      B   B  B  E                F#             B E  B F# 
What wave of a wild hand called you into this woooooooooorld? 


 
            E                  F# 
I could be lost in the hills, down on my knees 
              B                          E 
And like the morning, you'll find me in time 
 E  E   E    B 
Ask me what heaven's left 
            F#               B  E  B F# 
I'll say, "Nothing comes to mind" 


OUTRO: 
          B  E  B F# 
Comes to mind 
          B E  B F# 
Comes to miiiiiiiiind 
           B   E  B F# 
Comes to mind (miiiiind) 
B E  B F# 
 (Miiiiind) 
B E  B F# 
 (Miiiiind) 


OUTRO: 
B E  B F# 
B E  B F# 
B E  B F# 
B E  B F# 
B E  B F# 

B E  B F# 
B E  B F# 
B E  B F# 
B E  B F# 
B E  B F# 

B E  B F# 
B E  B F# 
B E  B F# 
B E  B F# 
B E  B F#     B 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante