Airplane (live Acoustic) chords
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Troy Johnson - Airplane
Note: This is a tab of a live recording from Chicago off of a goodies page from
not identical...however, this is the live version. If you'd like to hear the
version I'm talking about, go to:
And click on "Airplane".
Capo I, all chords relative
Intro: C Am7 C/G C/F (2x)
Verse 1:
C Am7 C/G
She could be anything, she’s made of everything that tears you down
C/F
And turns your world around
C Am7 C/G
My little butterfly, sure is a sad thing to be around
C/F
Just like an airplane on the ground
Play ½ Intro
Verse 2:
C Am7 C/G
She lies awake at night, sometimes she thinks about the life she found
C/F
And how it let her down
C Am7 C/G
She’s kind of trapped inside, sure is a sad thing to be around
C/F (Dsus2)
Just like an airplane on the gound
Chorus:
(Dsus2) C/F
Fly high stand by
C C7/Bb Am7
For the air to ground salute that evens out the sky
Dsus2 C/F
Someday I say
C C7/Bb Am7
She will turn the engine over and she’ll fly away,
C/F
Oh, goodbye yesterday, yeah
Instrumental:
C Am7 C/G C/F
Oooooooo-ooo-oooh
Am7 C/G C/F
Oooooooo-ooo-oooh
Chorus:
(Dsus2) C/F
Fly high stand by
C C7/Bb Am7
For the air to ground salute that evens out the sky
Dsus2 C/F
Someday I say
C C7/Bb Am7
She will turn the engine over and she’ll fly away,
C/F Dsus2 C/F
Oh, goodbye yesterday, love is here to stay, yeah
Verse 1:
C Am7 C/G
She could be anything, she’s made of everything that tears you down
C/F
And turns your world around
C Am7 C/G
My little butterfly, sure is a sad thing to be around
C/F...
Just like an airplane...an airplane...an airplane
Instrumental:
C Am7 C/G C/F
Ooooo-ooooo-oooh
Am7 C/G C/F
Ooooo-ooooo-oooh
C7/Bb Am7 C/G C/F
Ooooo-ooooo-oooh