Sedaka Neil - Stairway To Heaven Tabs

equent 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.


                          "Stairway To Heaven"
                   (Neil Sedaka - Howard Greenfield)

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