How Far is Heaven Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays618

How Far is Heaven by Kitty Wells is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C7, F and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			INTRO: 
(C) How (C7) far is (F) heaven, let's go to-(C) night  
I want my (G7) daddy to hold me (C) tight.  
 
(C) A little girl was waiting for her daddy one (G7) day  
It was time to meet him, when she heard her mommy (C) say  
Come to mama, darling, please do not (F) cry  
Daddy's gone to (C) heaven, (G7) way up in the (C) sky.  
 
CHORUS  
(C) How (C7) Far Is (F) Heaven, when can I (C) go  
To see my (G7) daddy, he's there, I (C) know  
How (C7) Far Is (F) Heaven, let's go to-(C) night  
I want my (G7) daddy to hold me (C) tight.  
 
He was called so suddenly and could not say goodbye  
I know that he's in heaven, we'll meet him by and by  
The little girl trembled, her tears she could not hide  
She looked up towards heaven and then she replied.  
 
CHORUS   
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante