tabbed by d.funch
So here are the chords for Bon Iver?s Heavenly Father. Bear in mind that these chords
will only fit with the
recording if you tune your guitar a whole step down (DGCFAD). Look here for guidance on
how to do that:
http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/tuning/full-step-down/. To get the true chord
progression, just transpose the
whole song using the transpose function on this site to the left - it's in the key of Bb
so transpose it a whole
step down.
Also a thank you to Philip H. Mancuso for giving inspiration to this tab - he?s done a
cool cover of the song
here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbE9IbLfRo
He is also doing some fingerpicking for the intro and first verse. If you want to play
that, I suggest you go
look and listen over at youtube. However, the stuff he is playing around with is the tab below.
Some of the chords has some small variations, so I've put how I like to play them below
as well. Have fun.
[C]* [Am7/C] [Fsus2] [C]* [Am7/C] [F(maj7)] [G]
d|---3---------3--------3-------------------|-----3-----3-------0-------3-----|
A|-----1---------1--------1-----------------|-----1-----1-------1-------0-----|
F|-0--------2-------------------------------|-----0-----2-------2-------0-----|
C|--------------------3---------------------|-----2-----x-------3-------0-----|
G|------------------------------------------|-----3-----3-------3-------x-----|
D|------------------------------------------|-----x-----x-------1-------3-----|
[C]*
ever since I heard the howling wind
Am7/C?
I didn't need to go where a bible went
[C]*
but then you know your gifts seemed heaven sent
Am7/C?
just lead me to a choler, dad, thats the thing
[F] [Am]
I don't know how you house the sin?
but you're free now
F Am?
I was never sure how much of you I could let in
am i free now
[F] [Am]
won't you settle down baby here your love has been
G?
heavenly father it's definitely lava
F C?
why you don't carry other names
[C]*
heard about a day where it dropped the Know
Am7/C?
to go another day as we learn to close
[F] [Am]
cause I'm a known coward in a coward wind
but you're free now
F Am?
you turn around now and you count to 10
to see you go now
[F] [Am]
well I know now honey that I can't pretend
[G]
heavenly father is whose brought to his autumn
F C?
and love is left in end
[F] [Am]
I just been up here for god damn years
can you see now
[F] [Am]
filling up hulls with god damn fears
I am free now
[F] [Am]
I know about it darling I been standing here
[G]
heavenly father
is all that he offers
[F] [C]
a safety in the end
