Tabs
Intro/Main Riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0--------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------3----3----3----3-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------1----1----1----1-----------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3--------------|
A augmentedA|----------1----1----1----1----1----1----1----1-----------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|
x4:
Verse 1 - repeat main riff:
Getting tired from all this circling
Not much grace left on a broken wing
I feel the wind trying to push me down
It happens every time I get to town
e|------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------0----0----0----0----------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------3----3----3----3-------------|
Interlude - the 'ooooo's:
C majorC - DmDm - Bb majorBb
C majorC - DmDm - Bb majorBb
Verse 2:
C majorC
I search for shelter near
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3--------------|
A augmentedA|----------1----1----1----1----1----1----1----1-----------------| [Back to main riff
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------| for the rest of the verse]
the mines we swept
I guess forgiveness hasn't happened yet
There are no words that I can say to you
That turn this careless sky from black to blue
e|------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------0----0----0----0----------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------3----3----3----3-------------|
So I'm asking you, is it safe
Chorus:
C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
(Is it safe,) is it safe to land?
C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
'Cause I'm not going far on an empty heart
C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
Is it safe, is it safe to land?
C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb FF
'Cause the long fall back to earth is the hardest part
Bridge/Climax:
C majorC Bb majorBb FF
I'm in no weather for apologies
C majorC Bb majorBb FF
I need your runway lights to burn for me
A minorAm Bb majorBb
And if you say that I can come around
Bb majorBb
I will love you right
C majorC DmDm
Yeah, I won't let you down
DmDm Bb majorBb
I won't let you down
C majorC DmDm
Cuz I'm coming home
Bb majorBb
If these wheels touch down
C majorC
I'm coming home
DmDm
I'm waking you up
Bb majorBb
In the middle of the night I'm not giving up
C majorC
I'm gonna stay
DmDm
Til we make it work
Bb majorBb
We're not going down, even if it gets worse
C majorC DmDm
We'll work it out
Bb majorBb
Yeah we'll work it out
C majorC DmDm
I need your light
Bb majorBb
Guide me in
C majorC - DmDm - Bb majorBb repeat until end of song; end on C majorC :
Oooh, ooh oh oh oh
Yeah, is it safe?
End:
Great song. There is a missing note or chord that has been bugging me - especially
during the climax of the song, the note changes at the end of a lyric and I can't
figure it out, so if anyone else catches that and can improve this, that would be