Neil Sedaka – Stairway To Heaven (Guitar)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# A frequent topic of discussion in the tab groups is 'what are the lyrics to 'Stairway To Heaven' about, anyway?'. Well, the narrator obviously isn't going to build a *physical* stairway to heaven - for one thing, how could he move it around without bumping it into everything? Instead, 'build a stairway to heaven' is a *metaphor* - like, you know, sometimes words have two meanings. Intro:

	 F         Dm
	Climb up   way up high

	 F         Dm
	Climb up   way up high

	 F         Dm
	Climb up   way up high

	Bb       C [N.C. (tympani)]
	/ / / /  /

Verse 1: F Well-A well-A well-A heavenly angel

	Dm
	I want you for my girl

	 Bb
	When I kissed your sweet, sweet lips

	   C [N.C.]                        B
	I knew you were out of this world

Chorus:

	 Bb
	I'll build a stairway to heaven

	 F
	I'll climb to the highest star

	Bb            G7
	I'll build a stairway to heaven

	      C7/G        /C        F   [1-3: N.C. (tympani); 4: to coda]
	'Cause heaven is where you are

Verse 2:

	Well-A well-A well-A over the rainbow
	That's where I'm gonna climb

Way up high where the bluebirds fly I'm gonna love you all the time [sax solo over verse chords] [repeat chorus] Well-a well-a well I gotta be going Gonna leave the world behind Every day in a heavenly way You're gonna drive me outta my mind [repeat chorus] Coda:

	    (F)  C B
	     / / / /

(...are)

	Bb            G7
	I'll build a stairway to heaven

	      C7/G        /C        F   [N.C. (tympani)]
	'Cause heaven is where you are

	  F       Dm
	Climb up  way up high  [repeat to fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers