Background
This song was written about the pain and loss Clapton felt following the death of his four-year-old son, Conor. Conor fell from window of a 53rd-floor New York apartment building owned by Clapton's mothers' friend on March 20th 1991. Clapton arrived at the apartment shortly after the incident.
Structure and timings
Introduction: 0:00 - 0:13
Verse 1: 0:14 - 0:37
Chorus 1: 0:38 - 0 :57
Link 1: 0:58 - 1:09
Verse 2: 1:10 - 1:34
Chorus 2: 1:35 - 1:53
Link 2: 1:54 - 2:04
Bridge: 2:05 - 2:30
Guitar solo: 2:31 - 2:55
Chorus 3: 2:56 - 3:15
Link 2: 3:16 - 3:26
Verse 1: 3:27 - 3:50
Chorus 1: 3:51 - 4:10
Outro: 4:11 - 4:27
Chords and Lyrics
Intro: A E/G# | F#m7 F#m7/E | D/F# E7sus4 E7 | A |
Verse:
A E/G# F#m7 F#m7/E
Would you know my name
D/F# A/E E
If I saw you in heaven?
A E/G# F#m7 F#m7/E
Would it be the same
D/F# A/E E
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven?
Chorus:
F#m C#/E#
I must be strong7
A7/E F#7
And carry on
Bm7 Bm7/E
'Cause I know I don't belong
A
Here in heaven
I'll find my way
Through night and day
'Cause I know I just can't stay
Here in heaven
Beyond the door
There's peace I'm sure
And I know there'll be no more
Tears in heaven.
Bridge:
C G/B Am
Time can bring you down,
D/F# G D/F# Em D/F# G
Time can bend your knees.
C G/B Am
Time can break your heart,
D/F# G D/F#
Have you beggin' please,
E
Beggin' please.
