Eternity Part I (Heaven Seven) Jan Hauenstein

(Cj7) (Eb°) (Abj7) (G7)
I (C)fin´ly closed my (Dm7)eyes. When I (Em7)opened them a(Am7)gain,
(F)Much to my sur(Fj7)prise, I (G)saw the old, old man.
What (C)I had counted (Dm7)on had (Em7)been a big black (Am7)hole,
A (F)void, a (Fj7)nothing, a (G)no-place place to (F)lay to rest my (Fj7)weary (G)soul. (hold)
“Be a(C)ware I don´t (Dm7)care much for (Em7)you,” quoth (Am7)I,
“You´re (F)bad, not (Fj7)good, you´re (G)mad, why should
(C)I expect a (Dm7)better world (Em7)than the (Am7)earth
(F)Up here (Fj7)in the (G)sky?” (F) (Fj7) (G) (hold)

“You´re (C)right, seven (Dm7)days (one (Em7)off) did not suf(Am7)fice,
It (F)was my first (Fj7)earth, and, as you (G)saw with your own eyes,
It´s a (C)place where the (Dm7)good are crushed and (Em7)evil always (Am7)thrives.
I (F)tried and I (Fj7)tried, tried a(G)gain and again,
Till I (F)found what was (Fj7)wrong with my (G)mighty master plan:
I cre(C)ated man and (Dm7)woman in the (Em7)likeness of (Am7)me,
And I´m (F)bad, not (Fj7)good, I´m (G)mad, you see?”
(C) (Dm7) (Em7) (Am7) (F) (Fj7) (G) (hold)

We a(C)greed on (Dm7)that, and (Em7)onward we (Am7)sped,
Till we (F)saw a big gold (Fj7)banner a (G)little ways ahead.
(C)‘Heaven (Dm7)Seven’ is (Em7)what it (Am7)said,
(F)And, for (Fj7)sure, I (G)kind of liked that. (hold)
We (F)passed the Pearly Gates (E)(industrial grade pearls).
“How (F)many heavens are there?” I (E)asked, my mind a-whirl.
“Twenty-(A7)five,” he replied, “Even the (Bbj7)Lord gets bored, you know.”
“And (A7)how many hells?” (hold) “Not a-(Bbj7)(hold)one.”
“And (A7)(hold)why?” “Just (Bbj7)wait, and time will (A7)show.”
(Am7) (Em7) (Am7) (G/B) (Am7) (Em7) (Am7) (G)
(C) (Dm7) (Em7) (Am7) (F) (Fj7) (G)
(C) (Dm7) (Em7) (Am7) (F) (Fj7) (G) (F) (Fj7) (G) (hold)

The (C)place looked (Dm7)swell, the (Em7)place looked (Am7)fine,
Guitars, (F)basses, keyboards, single (Fj7)malt, good (G)beer and fine, fine wine!
Inte(C)resting gods and (Dm7)people in that (Em7)mighty (Am7)hall,
(F)Allah, (Fj7)Odin, (G)Jupiter and Buddha (F)playing (Fj7)beach volley(G)ball.
(C)Jimi taught John (Dm7)F. guitar, played (Em7)up a storm, you (Am7)know.
On (F)center stage, J(Fj7)S and (G)new arrival Rex
Were (F)putting on a (Fj7)splendid (G)show. (hold)

Said (C)I, “This is the (Dm7)place for (Em7)me to always (Am7)be!”
The (F)old man looked at (Fj7)me and (G)smiled.
“It´s (C)bad, not (Dm7)good, it´s (Em7)mad, you´ll (Am7)see.
Con(F)sider (Fj7)this, your (G)verdict is:
(F)Here for E(Fj7)TERNI(G)(hold)TY.”

Lyrics Giardini Naxos, Sicily, 06 & 07 October 2016
Music Goettingen, 20 October 2016

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