Chris Rea - Tell Me There's a Heaven: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Tell Me There's a Heaven" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Tell Me There's a Heaven ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Tell Me There's a Heaven" smoothly on your ukulele.

           Dm7      Gsus4   C
The little girl she said to me
               Dm7        Gsus4   Cmaj7
What are these things that I can see
                Dm7     Gsus4       C
Each night when I come home from school
          Dm7      Gsus4   C
When mama calls me in for tea

Oh every night a baby dies
And every night a mama cries
What makes those men do what they do
To make that person black and blue

        Fmaj7  G    C
Grandpa says their happy now
           Fmaj7 G   C
They sit with God in paradise
            Fmaj7 G      C
With angels' wings and still somehow
           Fmaj7 G    Am
It makes me feel like ice

Chorus:
C
Tell me there's a heaven
                    F
Tell me that it's true
Gsus4
Tell me there's a reason
         F             C
Why I'm seeing what I do
C
Tell me there's a heaven
                        F
Where all those people go
Gsus4
Tell me they're all happy now
      F                 C
Papa tell me that it's so

So do I tell her that it's true
That there's a place for me and you
Where hungry children smile and say
We wouldn't have no other way
That every painful crack of bones

     Dm7   Gsus4     C
Is a step along the way
      Dm7    F        Cmaj7 Am7
Every wrong done is a game plan
         Dm7       Gsus4   C
To that great and joyful day

        Fmaj7           G              C
And I'm looking at the father and the son
        Fmaj7           G              C
And I'm looking at the mother and the daughter
        Am
And I'm watching them in tears of pain
And I'm watching them suffer
Don't tell that little girl
      G
Tell me

Chorus:
Tell me there's a heaven
Tell me that it's true
Tell me there's a reason
Why I'm seeing what I do
Tell me there's a heaven
Where all those people go
Tell me they're all happy now
Papa tell me that it's so

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

Am

Ukulele chord Am

Am7

Ukulele chord Am7

C

Ukulele chord C

Cmaj7

Ukulele chord Cmaj7

Dm7

Ukulele chord Dm7

F

Ukulele chord F

Fmaj7

Ukulele chord Fmaj7

G

Ukulele chord G

Gsus4

Ukulele chord Gsus4

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Tell Me There's a Heaven" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Tell Me There's a Heaven" by Chris Rea.

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