Is This Heaven Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays480

Is This Heaven by The Moody Blues is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Bb, C, Gm, Gm9 and Gm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
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16
Speed
  			intro) 

   F (5th fr) F                 (bass - Palm muted) 
E|----5--------------        E--------------------------| 
B|----------6--------        B--------------------------| 
G|---------------0h2-  2x    G--------------------------|  5x - 5th time fades into 
D|-------------------        D-------0-3--3-0-0---------|       1st verse 
A|-------------------        A-3-3-3--------------------| 
E|-------------------        E--------------------------| 

F 
Walk-ing home with you last night, 
F   Bb 
you said the world is beaut-i-ful. 
Bb  F                                       Bb 
And how things look that way when you're in love. 
Bb      C     F 
I love  this  world.   (Bass - 2x) 
F        Gm                         F 
When I'm in your arms, is this heav-en?    (Bass - 2x) 
F 
I o-pened up the let-ter that the 
Bb 
post-man gave to me this morn-ing. 
F                                  Bb 
Had to stop my-self from shout-ing out, 
Bb      C    F 
"I love this world."    (Bass - 2x) 
F           Gm                         F 
And I'll be in your arms, is this heav-en? 
E|---------------------------------------5-5-5-5--5-5-3-3-3-1-| 
B|---------------------------------------6-6-6-6--6-6-3-3-3-1-| 
G|---------------------------------------5-5-5-5--5-5-3-3-3-3-| 
D|---------------------------------------x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
A|---------------------------------------x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
E|---------------------------------------x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-| 

F         Gm                            F 
When I'll be in your arms, is this heav-en? 
E|-----------------------------------------5-5-5-5--5-5-3---3-1-| 
B|-----------------------------------------6---6----6-6-3-3-3-1-| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------| 

C 
I know that heav-en waits, 
C   Bb                  F           C 
for those whose love is true. 
E|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------0-3-0-3-| 
E|-------------------------------------| 

C 
I want to be there when, 
    Bb               C                              F 
the age of love, has come a -gain. 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------7-5------7-----| 
D|---------------------------------7-5-------7-5---5-3-| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 

F 
Tell me all a-bout your-self, 
F   Bb                           F 
and how you came to me like in a dream, 
F                          Bb 
and ev'ry night I dream of you, 
Bb       C   F 
I dream  of  you.    (Bass 2x) 
F            Gm           Gm9  Gm7  Gm           F 
When I'll be in your arms,          is this heav-en? 
F            Gm           Gm9  Gm7  Gm           F 
When I'll be in your arms,          is this heav-en? 

( F           Bb          F           Bb ) 
( Bb  C   F         F ) 

F            Gm           Gm9  Gm7  Gm           F 
When I'll be in your arms,          is this heav-en? 
F            Gm           Gm9  Gm7  Gm           F 
When I'll be in your arms,          is this heav-en? 

N.C. Whistling and tapping. 

C 
I know that heav-en waits. 
C   Bb                  F          C 
For those whose love is true. 
E|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------0-3--0-3-| 
E|-------------------------------------| 
C 
Don't ask me where or when. 
C   Bb                C                         F 
The time for us, will come a-gain. 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------7-5------7-----| 
D|---------------------------------7-5-------7-5---5-3-| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 

F 
I sit and watch the sun go  down, 
F   Bb 
and in the dark-ness there's no sound. 
Bb    F                                 Bb 
While in the sky to-night the stars all cry, 
Bb  C     F 
"I  love  you." 
F        Gm          Gm9 Gm7 Gm        F 
Are they cry-ing out,        ov-er you-ou? 
F             Gm          Gm9 Gm7 Gm           F 
'Cause you're in my heart,        is this heav-en? 
F          Gm                               F       Gm     F 
"Cause the stor-y starts, and ends with you-ou. 

Ends with whistling and tapping. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

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