Key: C
Introduction:
C# F# C# F#
(guitar riff #1 x2)
C# F#
just before the afternoon creeps in
C# F#
just before it gets too hot to be outside
B B/A# G#m
I like to lay on my back in the grass and
B B/A# G#m G#
watch the airplanes go by and I dream
Bm F# B C#
that you are an airplane shooting across the sky
D# G
you are an airplane
G# A# G#m
you?re a strong and dangerous machine
D# G
when you fall you?ll fall down so fast
G# A# Cm
when you crash I want to go down with you
G# A#
we?ll make such a horrible mess
C# F# C# F#
(guitar riff #1 x2)
C# F#
just before the eyeball appears
C# F#
just before the little birds go to sleep
B B/A# G#m
I like to stand on my head and pretend
B B/A# G#m G# Bm F#
that I am a control tower and that you are an airplane
B C#
and I talk you safely to the ground
D# G
you are an airplane
G# A# G#m
you?re a strong and dangerous machine
D# G
when you fall you?ll fall down so fast
G# A# Cm
when you crash I want to go down with you
G# A#
we?ll make such a horrible mess
Am G F
the way you live your life makes me nervous
F
if you were to die
F A A# Am
I?d have no reason to be alive
Am Gm
'cause you are my only friend
(guitar riff #2 x2)
D# G
you are an airplane
G# A# G#m
you?re a strong and dangerous machine
D# G
when you fall you?ll fall down so fast
G# A# Cm
when you crash I want to go down with you
G# A#
we?ll make such a horrible mess
A#
(guitar riff #3)