[Intro]
C   F   C   F
[Strophe]
           C                      F 
I hear the sweet, sweet sounds of Heaven 
        C                          F 
Fallin' down, fallin' down to this earth 
           C                         F 
I hear the sweet, sweetest sounds of Heaven 
         C                           F 
Driftin' down, driftin' down to this earth 
          C                 Bb            F 
Bless the Father, bless the Son, hear the sound of the drums 
      C                  Bb            F 
As it echoes through the valley and it bursts, yeah 
       C          Bb       F 
Let no woman or a child go hungry tonight 
          Dm               Bb           F 
Please protect us from the pain and the hurt, yeah
[Strophe]
                  C 
I smell the sweet scents (Sweet) 
                F 
Sweet scents of Heaven (Heaven) 
         C 
Tumblin' down (Tumblin' down) 
                     F 
Tumblin' down to the earth (Oh) 
           C 
I hear the sweet sounds (Sweet sounds) 
                                            F 
The sweet sounds (Ooh, the sweet sounds) of children 
            C 
And they're praisin' (Praisin') 
                  F 
The land of their birth (No)
[Refrain]
        C                   Bb 
No, I'm not, not goin' to Hell 
        F 
In some dusty motel 
        C              Bb 
And I'm not, not goin' down 
       F 
In the dirt (Yes, yes, yes) 
          C 
I'm gonna laugh (I'm gonna laugh) 
          Bb 
I'm gonna cry (I'm gonna cry) 
          F 
Eat the bread, drink the wine 
           Dm               Bb           F 
'Cause I'm finally, finally quenchin' my thirst, yeah
[Pont]
Gm 
You can't have a light without a little shadow, yeah 
              F/A 
Always need a target for your bow and arrow 
  Bb                         G 
I want to be drenched in the rain 
                 F 
Of your heavenly love, oh, yeah, c'mon
[Refrain]
        C                          Bb 
Let the music (Let the music) play loud (Play loud) 
       F 
Let it burst (Let it burst) through the clouds (Through the clouds) 
       C            Bb 
And we all feel the heat 
       F 
Of the sun, yeah 
             C 
Yeah, let us sing 
       Bb 
Let us shout (Let us shout) 
        F 
Let us all stand up proud 
         Dm         Bb                 F 
Let the old still believe that they're young, yeah
[Outro]
C            Bb    F   C   Bb   F 
Sweet, sweet sound 
C          Bb 
 Sounds so sweet (Oh, so sweet) 
        F 
Sounds so sweet (So sweet) 
F 
Heaven, Heaven 
C             Bb 
Down, falling down 
                     F 
Falling down to this earth
[Part II]
[Intro]
F                             Bb 
I hear the sweet sounds of Heaven 
                        F  C  Bb  F 
Play me somethin', Stevie
[Strophe]
            C            Bb        F 
I smell the sweet, sweet scents of Heaven 
       C                          Bb 
Comin' down (Comin' down), comin' down (Comin' down) 
       F 
To the earth (From the earth) 
C 
Oh yeah, oh yeah 
Bb 
Oh yeah, oh yeah 
F 
Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah 
          C 
Yes, c'mon 
C 
Ooh, c'mon 
Bb 
C'mon, c'mon 
     F            C  Bb 
C'mon, yeah, yeah
[Outro]
Bb                           F 
Hear the gods laughing from above 
F 
Of Heaven 
        C             Bb 
Fallin' down, fallin' down 
        F                     C 
To this earth, oh, oh, oh, oh 
       Bb 
Let me lay down and sleep 
F 
Oh, oh, Heaven, Heaven 
C    Bb    F 
Ooh, ooh, ooh