"Airplane" by Plain White T's (Chord Chart)

Song Info

  • Key: G minor
  • Chord Family:
  • Skills: Fingerpicking, Open Chords

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INTRO
/Gm/G♭m/Gm/Amadd11(no5)/B♭(no5)/Amadd11(no5)/B♭(no5)/Bm(no5)/
/Cm/Gsus4/C/Cm/Gsus4/C/D/F#/Gmadd11(no5)/A7(no5)/Amadd11(no5)/

VERSE 1
Gm        G♭m      Gm             Amadd11(no5)
Airplane, airplane,    put me to sleep again
B♭(no5)  Amadd11(no5)   B♭(no5)    Bm(no5)
Take me away,              off to a dream
              Cm      Gsus4/C        Cm      Gsus4/C
And then I’ll fly so high across the sky and wake
         D/F#            Gmadd11(no5)  A7(no5)     Amadd11(no5)
In a new place where mistakes of my    past are  erased

PRECHORUS
Cm       Gsus4/C  Cm       Gsus4/C
   Don’t drop me,    Don’t stop me
D/F#      Gmadd11(no5)   A7(no5)  Amadd11(no5)
   Just   hold me,          So    cozy

CHORUS
Gm        G♭m      Gm             Amadd11(no5)
Airplane, airplane,  don’t you go down today
B♭(no5)  Amadd11(no5)   B♭(no5)    Bm(no5)
Take me  away,            off to a better place
    Cm         Gsus4/C           Cm          Gsus4/C
You know, just where I’d like to go, please get me there on
D/F#           Gmadd11(no5)  A7(no5)   Amadd11(no5)
Time, don’t delay me from    losing my mind

PRECHORUS
Cm       Gsus4/C  Cm       Gsus4/C
   Don’t drop me,    Don’t stop me
D/F#      Gmadd11(no5)
   Just   hold me

*play these notes one right after another
A#/C#/E     F#/A/C

CHORUS
Gm       G♭m        Gm            Amadd11(no5)
Airplane, airplane,  don’t you go down today
B♭(no5)  Amadd11(no5)   B♭(no5)    Bm(no5)
Take me  away,            off to a better place
     Cm        Gsus4/C           Cm          Gsus4/C
You know, just where I’d like to go, please get me there real
D/F#          Gmadd11(no5)  A7(no5)     Amadd11(no5)
Soon, I’ve important things that I must do

Gm *let ring
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