From: Thad Williamson (thwilliamson@igc.apc.org) Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door Words and music by Bob Dylan The air is getting hotter, Ab /Bb there's a rumbling in the skies Ab / Eb I've been wading through the high muddy waters, Ab /Bb with the heat rising in my eyes Ab / Eb every day your memory grows dimmer, Cmin /Ab it don't haunt me like it did before Fmin / Eb I've been walking through the middle of nowhere, Ab /Bb Trying to get to heaven before they close the door Ab / Eb When I was in Missouri, they would not let me be I had to leave there in a hurry, I only saw what they let me see You broke a heart that loved you, now you can seal up the book and not write anymore I've been walking through the lonesome valley, trying to get to heaven before they close the door People on the platforms, waiting for the trains I can hear their hearts a beating, like pendulums swinging on chains When you think you've lost everything, you find out you can always lose a little more I'm just going down the road feeling bad, trying to get to heaven before they close the door I'm going down the river, down to New Orleans They tell me everything is going to be allright, but I don't know what all right even means I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary Jane, Miss Mary Jane got a house in Baltimore I've been all around the world boys, now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door Gonna sleep down in the parlor, and relive my dreams I close my eyes and I wonder, if everything is as hollow as it seems Some trains don't pull no gamblers, no midnight ramblers like they did before I've been to sugar town, I shook the sugar down, now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door