Heaven Guitar Tab

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From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Tue Sep 14 22:32:05 1993
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From: rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Bob Paley)
Subject: CRD:  "Heaven" - Talking Heads
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Here's one from "Fear of Music"  Corrections and comments are definitely
welcome!

Bob
rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu

Verse:
D                 Em                 A
Everyone is trying to get to the bar
                 G                      D
The name of the bar, the bar is called heaven
                           Em             A
The band in heaven plays my favorite song
                        G                        D
They play it once again, they play it all night long

Chorus:
Bm            Am         C            G
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens
Bm            Am         C            G
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens

Verse:

There is a party, everyone is there
Everyone will leave at exactly the same time
It's hard to imagine that nothing at all
Could be so exciting, could be so much fun

Repeat Chorus:

Verse:

When this kiss is over it will start again
It will not be any different, it will be exactly the same
It's hard to imagine that nothing at all
could be so exciting, could be so much fun

Repeat Chorus:

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


Roman Rhythm Player	#1 by Roman Malik at Aug 22, 1970 at 9:38 AM EST
	In the Stop Making Sense commentary, Byrne says this song is about a gay bar called "Heaven" somewhere out west. (I forget where, watch the commentary if you really want to know.) Thus, a bar where homosexuals can live normally and not be ridiculed or oppressed (i.e. where "nothing ever happens") is truly "so exciting...this much fun."

Chris Average	#2 by Chris H... at Jul 20, 1973 at 9:52 PM EST
	This quote from Chris Frantz is in the liner notes of Sand in the Vasoline. "Sometimes rock stars get over-stimulated and the idea of a place where nothing ever happens sounds pretty appealing."

isaac Average	#3 by isaac fritsch at Feb 28, 1975 at 2:54 AM EST
	Just reading the words, either interpretation fits. I think DB left it ambiguous on purpose. The music, however, makes me think it's saying that nothing ever happening would be a good thing (especially considering how many other Talking Heads songs seem to have to do with being overwhelmed by too much going on).

MysticCat Wanna Be	#4 by MysticCat (Janis johnny Udodovs) at Jul 24, 1982 at 7:03 AM EST
	I could see this song meaning both. Heaven can mean the escape of the hectic world we always live in. I think I more see it as this place where nothing ever changes. Kind of like too much paradise or something. Everything seems perfect, yet perfect isn't really what we want, because perfect can't change because it's perfect. If things don't change, boredom will eventually set in. Whether you want to take it literally or ironically is up to you. Both meanings hold water to me. This is why I love music.

No Picture PJVILL Professional Badass	#5 by PJVILL at May 25, 1990 at 5:56 PM EST
	At the end of Dante's Divine Comedy, specifically Paradiso, there is a moment where Dante is experiencing Heaven and it just kind of this warmth, this light, and people just stand all day basking in the light of God. It's an interesting literary tie in to think about.

Jp Wanna Be	#6 by Jp Collins at Jun 21, 1992 at 8:06 PM EST
	I have to disagree with the previous post. In fact take the opposite of everything he said and that's pretty much how i feel. Except I do think its a great song.

Subhash Average	#7 by Subhash Shady at Jun 26, 1995 at 6:13 PM EST
	I've got to agree with Boss Man. I think this song is about getting too much of what you want. Like hearing your favorite song on loop for an entire night. I love the beginning of this song, though. Everyone's trying to get to a bar... a bar named Heaven.

Jimmy Average	#8 by Jimmy Dresbach at Nov 21, 1996 at 4:26 PM EST
	"Its hard to imagine that nothing at all could be so exciting, could be so much fun." I always thought that this meant that there was nothing that could be so exciting as Heaven. I now realise that it means that Heaven is exciting and fun, eventhough literally nothing happens. Ingenius.

Jordan Wanna Be	#9 by Jordan Ivory-Marcotte at Jun 3, 2000 at 8:21 AM EST
	"Its hard to imagine that nothing at all could be so exciting, could be so much fun." Rather means that it is hard to imagine that heaven, where nothing happens, could be eventually exciting. In this sense, it is the voice of doubt.

No Picture Vinny Average	#10 by Vinny Spano at Feb 20, 2002 at 6:35 AM EST
	Perfection = Boredom.

No Picture The other James Wanna Be	#11 by The other James Molina at Jul 17, 2002 at 7:28 PM EST
	i don't think David Byrne is suggesting that Heaven is a boring place where "nothing ever happens". rather, i think, compared to the agonizingly stressful lifetime here, he is suggesting that Heaven is free from all stress and pain. time doesn't matter in Heaven, hence the seeming repetition of events like the party and such. one of the better, yet underrated, Talking Heads choons.

No Picture jimmy Wanna Be	#12 by jimmy rodrigues at Sep 20, 2002 at 11:43 PM EST
	I think this song is saying that mankind has invented this fiction called heaven that everyone is seeking. By heaven, Byrne means immortality. Byrne is saying that an eternal life is boring and by implication, what is interesting is what is going on on this planet, now. What makes life worth living is that it is finite. It's a great song.

ben Lead Player	#13 by ben Tee at Jan 21, 2004 at 7:35 PM EST
	Roger Wilco, you are correct. Zooey74, I'm not even sure what that means. It's about how stressed out they were, how their lives were all sense input, intense, constantly changing psychadelia, Heaven must be an escape.

Subhash Average	#14 by Subhash Shady at May 22, 2006 at 12:11 PM EST
	Note on "nothing ever happens": The meaning is that Heaven is purely an emotional experience. Remember, even though nothing ever happens, "nothing ever could be so exciting, could be this much fun

Christian Wanna Be	#15 by Christian Chavez at Jun 10, 2007 at 1:22 AM EST
	I think that Heaven is just this: a boring place :).

klown Rhythm Player	#16 by klown at Jul 6, 2007 at 2:14 PM EST
	this by far is my favorite. it's touching. love it on stop making sense. such a creative band.