Locked Out Of Heaven Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Dm
Capo:	no capo

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[Intro]
 
C Dm C Bb F Gm
 
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah, uh!
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah, uh!
 
[Verse]
 
C Dm C Bb F Gm
     Never had much faith in love or miracles
C Dm C Bb F Gm
     Never would have put my heart on the line
C Dm C Bb F Gm
     But swimming in your world is something spiritual 
C Dm C Bb F Gm
     I'm born again every time you spend the night
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
C Dm C Bb F Gm
Cause your sex takes me to paradise
F Gm
Yeah, your sex takes me to paradise
        F         A
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                  Bb
Cause you make me feel like
                        Gm
I’ve been locked out of heaven
        F
For too long
        C
For too long
 
                       Bb
Yeah, you make me feel like
                        Gm
I’ve been locked out of heaven
        F
For too long 
        C
For too long, oh oh oh oh,
 
 
[Interlude]
 
C Dm C Bb F Gm
          Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah ooh  
C Dm C Bb F Gm
          Oh yeah yeah
          Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah ooh!
 
 
[Verse]
 
C Dm C Bb F Gm
     You bring me to my knees You make me testify
C Dm C Bb F Gm
     You could make a sinner change his ways
C Dm C Bb F Gm
Open up your gates Cause I can’t wait to see the light
C Dm C Bb F Gm
     And right there is where I want to stay, stay
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
C Dm C Bb
Cause your sex takes me to paradise 
F Gm
Yea your sex takes me to paradise
        F        A
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                  Bb
Cause you make me feel like
                        Gm
I’ve been locked out of heaven
        F
For too long
        C
For too long
 
                  Bb
Yeah you make me feel like
                        Gm
I’ve been locked out of heaven
        F
For too long
        C
For too long
 
 
[Bridge]
 
   Bb        Gm
Oh woah woah woah, yeah, yeah, yeah
               F
Can't I just stay here
                     C
Spend the rest of my days here
 
   Bb        Gm
Oh, woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah
               F
Can't I just stay here
                     C
Spend the rest of my days here
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                  Bb
Cause you make me feel like
                        Gm
I’ve been locked out of heaven
        F
For too long
        C
For too long
 
                  Bb
Cause you make me feel like
                        Gm
I’ve been locked out of heaven
        F
For too long
        C
For too long oh oh oh oh
 
 
[Outro]
 
C Dm C Bb F Gm
         Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Ooh!
C Dm C Bb F Gm
          Oh, yeah, yeah,
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
C Dm
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The song was transposed from the studio version I got from iTunes. The live version appears to be 1/2 step higher. Here is the version I used https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-fA-gBCkj0

would be helpful if we knew when the chord changes are rather than just cramming it at the start of the line...

lyrically, it should be "and it shows..yeah yeah yeah" just preceding the main chorus.. not "and you chose the gates"