Airline to Heaven Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Ave. Vol II. I was pretty shocked and disappointed there was no tab for this song, it's such a great This might not be correct the way Jeff plays it but it sounds decent to me. At the least it's better than no tab at all. If you don't strum at least similar to the real this will sound like crap. The rhythm is pretty easy to figure out, just play along. The verses and choruses are only point the rhythm guitar changes, and you pretty much just use half as many chord everything slows down in that sense. Enjoy! ----------------------------------------------- D riff high up |-2--3p2--0-------| |-3--3----3-3--0--| |-2--2-----------2| |-0---------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| D riff lower or bass |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-4--5p4-2p0------| |-------------2-0-| |-----------------| Slide riff |-----------------------| |-/12 /13\12/--10\8/----| |-------------------9\7-| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| Intro D G D G etc. G D G D There's an airline plane G D Flies to heaven everyday G D G Past the pearly gates D G D If you want to ride this train G D Have your ticket in your hand G D G Before it is too late D G D If the world looks wrong G D And your money's spent and gone G D G And your friend has turned away D G D You can get away to heaven G D On this aeroplane G D G Just bow your head and pray D G Them's got ears, let them hear D A Them's got eyes, let them see D G Turn your eyes to the lord of the skies D G D Take this airline plane G D D A It'll take you home again A D (with riff) To your home behind the skies ::::::::::::::::: Airline to Heaven ::::::::::::::::: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie Music by Jeff Tweedy Transcribed by Andy Dieffenbach It looks like Jay has the twelve string tuned to an open E (or open D and has capoed the second fret) Mine is a make do version with a six string. The Chords are basically E A (E)There's an airline (A)plane (E) Flies to (A) Heaven every (E)day (A)Past them pearly (E)Gates... Chorus: (E) Them's got ears let them (A)hear (E)Thems got eyes let them(B) see (E) Turn your eyes to the (A)Lord of the skies (ANd now back to verse progresion) (E) (A)Take that airline (E)plane. It will (A)take you home (E)again. (A)(E)(A) (B)Yes to your (E)home beyond the skies e -------0---0---0---5---4^0-------------- b -------0---0---0-----------0------------ g# -----0---0---0-----------0--1^0--------- e ---0-------0---0-----------0---------2^0 b ---0-------0---0-----------0------------ e ---0-------0---0------------0----------- And for the A's he slides e---- b---- g#--- e----4/5 b----4/5 e----4/5 I'm sure somene did this before me, but here it is just in case. Andy Dieffenbach aboycalledsue@juno.com I know it was supposed to be aboyNAMEDsue, but I screwed up.