Alison Krauss & Union Station – Paper Airplane (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Capo 2

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by Alison Krauss & Union Station Tune is picked, not strummed (x = don't play)

C#m  =  x-2-4-4-3-x
B*   =  x-2-0-0-3-x
B**  =  x-0-2-2-2-x

B*** =  7-x-7-6-5-x (easier to move to G#7 on 8th fret if you use this)
A    =  5-x-0-0-3-x
A*   =  5-x-5-4-3-x
G#7  =  x-1-2-3-2-x or 8-x-8-6-7-x
F#m  =  2-x-2-0-0-x

During intro, F#m-C#m-B progression has hammer ons and offs. I'm no expert at tab but here's an approximation of what's being played (capo-less tuning shown):

E|----------------------------------------------|
B|------0---------------------------------------|
G|-----0----------------------------------------|
D|----2-----2-4--4-2-0-4-2--2-------------------|
A|---------------------0------------------------|
D|--2------0----0-------------------------------|

C#m               B*       B**                   A
I've put it all behind me, nothing left to do or doubt

F#m  C#m  B**
Some may say

C#m              B*     B**                    A
But every silver lining always seems to have a cloud

F#m   C#m     B**
That comes my way

C#m         B*      B**            A
Anticipated pleasure or unexpected pain

F#m C#m      B**
No  choice I feel

C#m             B*      B**            A
Love is hard to measure, hidden in the rain

F#m    C#m      B*
That's why you'll find me

E        C#m             F#m
Here all alone and still wondering why

A                     B*
Waitin inside for the cold to get colder

E                   C#m             F#m
And here where it's clear that I've wasted my time

A*                 B***        G#7  C#m
Hopin to fly cause it's almost over now

* mandolin solo * * guitar solo * [chord sequence as per verse (twice through) except resolves to E at end before going back to the first C#m of next verse]

C#m         B*        B**                 A
People come together, people go their own way

F#m  C#m      B*
Love conquers few

C#m         B*       B**                     A
And I'll do whatever I'll say what I need to say

F#m  C#m     B*
Just not for you

E        C#m           F#m
How many days should I smile with a frown?

     A                          B*
'Cos you're not around with the sun on your shoulders

E            C#m           F#m
And how many nights must I wake up alone

    A                    B***        G#7  C#m
And know in my soul that it's almost over now?

*slide guitar solo* [chord sequence as per verse (once through) except resolves to E at end before going back to the first C#m of next verse] [more gentle, preparing for pause on second line]

C#m                  B*
Love is like a paper airplane

B**                 A
Flyin in the folded dent [pause]

F#m   C#m         B**
Ridin high dippin low

C#m              B*
But innocence is fair game

B**             G#7     C#m
I'm hopin I can hold it in

F#m           C#m   B    ...E...
Our love will die I know