Wear Your Love Like Heaven

Words & Music:

Donovan Phillips Leitch

 

I found two versions of this classic from the 1968 album "A Gift From  A Flower To A Garden".  Gm is the original key (top version)

 

1. Original Gm key:

Gm        Dm       Bb     Dm   Gm      Dm        Bb   Dm

Colour in sky, Prussian blue.  Scarlet fleece changes hue.

Gm      Dm         Bb    Dm

Crimson ball sinks from view.

 

CHORUS:  [3x]

Gm                  Dm

Wear your love like heaven.

 

Lord, kiss me once more, fill me with song

Allah, kiss me once more, that I may, that I may...

 

CHORUS:  [2x]

 

BRIDGE:

La La, La La La, La La La, La La La

 

E-10-10--8--10-8---6-8-6--5-6-5--|

B-11-11--10-10-10--8-8-8--6-6-6--|

 

Colour sky, Havana lake.  Colour sky Rose car-methene,

Aliza-rian crimson.

 

Can I believe what I see?  All I have wished for will be.

All our race, proud and free.

 

CHORUS:  [repeat and out]

 

 

2. Em easier chords, capo 3:

Em         D        G       D Em       D           G        D

Colour in sky Prus-sian blue.  Scarlet fleece chan-ges hue,

Em       D          G         D

 Crimson ball sinks from view.

 

CHORUS:  [3x]

Em                   Bm

 Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like...),

 

Break:

 

Lord, kiss me once more; fill me with song,

Allah, kiss me once more, that I may, that I may...

 

CHORUS:  [2x]

 

BRIDGE:

G       D        Em         Bm

 La la, la la la, La la la, La la la.

 

Colour sky, Hava-na lake, colour sky, Rose car-methene,

Alizarian crimson.

 

CHORUS:  [3x]

 

VERSE 2 REPRISE:

 

CHORUS:  [3x]

 

BRIDGE REPRISE:

 

Can I believe what I see?  All I have wished for will be.

All our race proud and free.

 

CHORUS:  [3x]

 

VERSE 2 REPRISE:

 

CHORUS:  [3x]

 

BRIDGE REPRISE & OUT: