Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton

Tears In Heaven Chords

Written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings

“Tears in Heaven” is a ballad written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings about the pain Clapton felt following the death of his four-year-old son, Conor, who fell from a window of the 53rd-floor New York apartment of his mother’s friend, on March 20, 1991.

The Chords are really complex. Learn the below chords before jumping into the song.

E/G# – 4xx45x
D/F# – 2xx23x
C#/F – 1xx12x
Em6 – 0xx020
G/B – x2x03x

Verse 1

A                   E/G#       F#m
.. Would you know my name
D/F#  A                    E
…. If I saw you in heaven
A               E/G#   F#m
… Would it be the same
D/F#  A                     E
…. If I  saw you in heaven

F#m            C#/F
… I must be strong
Em6                F#7
…. And carry on
…………………Bm                 Bm7
‘Cause I know I don’t belong
…………………..A
Here in heaven

Verse 2

A                   E/G#       F#m
… Would you hold my hand
D/F#  A                    E
…. If I saw you in heaven
A                    E/G#      F#m
… Would you help me stand
D/F#  A                    E
…. If I saw you in heaven

F#m                 C#/F
…. I’ll find my way
Em6                              F#7
…. Through night and day
…………………..Bm                 Bm7
‘Cause I know I just can’t stay
…………………..A
Here in heaven

Music:

Bridge

C                G/B                Am
.. Time can bring you down
………………..D/F#            G
Time can bend your knees
D/F#    Em   D/F#
C                G/B             Am
.. Time can break your heart
…………………D/F#           G
Have you begging please
D/F#         E
… Begging please

Music:

Verse 3

F#m                 C#/F
… Beyond the door
Em6                              F#7
…. There’s peace, I’m sure
………………….Bm                       Bm7
And I know there’ll be no more
…………………..A
Tears in heaven

A                  E/G#         F#m
.. Would you know my name
D/F#  A                    E
…. If I saw you in heaven
A               E/G#    F#m
… Would it be the same
D/F#  A                     E
…. If I  saw you in heaven

F#m             C#/F
… I must be strong
Em6              F#7
…. And carry on
…………………Bm                 Bm7
‘Cause I know I don’t belong
……………….A
Here in heaven

End