Paper Plane - Status Quo

Paper Plane

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Bb
Riding on a big white butterfly
 
I turned my back away towards the sky
Eb
I closed my eyes to look for something
 
Saw myself as really nothing
Bb
Then I realised my butterfly
F
Wasn´t really up there with me
Eb
We all make mistakes, forgive me
Bb
Would you like to ride my butterfly
 
Bb
Riding on a long blue paperplane
 
Getting seasick, sorry once again
Eb
Landing strip is getting nearer
 
Hope the fog lifts, make it clearer
Bb
Then I realised my paperplane
F
Wasn´t really up there with me
Eb
We all make mistakes, forgive me
Bb - F
Would you like to ride my paperplane
 
Solo:
 
Ocultar tablatura
 
Bb
E|-9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10-10--9-8--|
H|10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-11-10-9--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-|
H|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
 
Bb
E|-9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10-10--9-8--|
H|10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-11-10-9--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-|
H|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
 
Eb
E|14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-15-14-13-|
H|15/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-16-15-14-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-|
H|10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Bb
E|-9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10-10--9-8--|
H|10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-11-10-9--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-|
H|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
 
F Eb
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
H|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-15-15-15-15-15---------------------13-13-13-13-13--------------------|
A|-15-15-15-15-15--20-20-20-20-19-18--13-13-13-13-13--18-18-18-18-17-16-|
E|-13-13-13-13-13---------------------11-11-11-11-11--------------------|
 
Bb
E|-9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10-10--9-8--|
H|10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-11-10-9--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
F
E|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-----------------|
H|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-----------------|
G|------------------------------------------10-10-10-10-10-|
D|------------------------------------------10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-------------------------------------------8--8--8--8--8-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
Bb
Riding in a three grand Deutche car
 
A to B is often very far
Eb
Home is near, but such a long way
 
Legs and heads all feel the wrong way
Bb
Then I realised my Deutche car
F
Is only there to get me somewhere
Eb
Even so I really do care
Bb
Would you like to ride my Deutche car
 
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Contribuição: Taino Vieira(tainoguitarrista@yahoo.com.br)

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