Airport Piano chords by Tim Minchin

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
DmDm
I wrote this song on an airport piano
DmDm                      G minorGm
I was the guy disturbing your journey from security
  G minorGm
To gate twenty-three A augmentedA
Bb majorBb    C majorC
Maybe you noticed me
DmDm
I wrote this song cos I had a spare hour
DmDm                   Gm/D
I was delayed trying to get back to my babies in Sydney
   G minorGm           Bb majorBb    C majorC
And I noticed the keys so I’m writing a song

Singin’

Chorus:
FF                 A minorAm
Women in SUV Porsches always look miserable
              DmDm
I don’t know why they’re so sad
               Bb majorBb
Maybe it’s the calories they coulda had
C majorC           FF
Filling them up with regret
          FF
And men in cafes in ski resorts
A minorAm
Trying to connect with their sons
             DmDm
Look like they just wanna hit ‘em
             Bb majorBb      C majorC       DmDm Dm/C Dm/B
I mean I’m sure that they dig ‘em underneath all the gear


Bridge:

          DmDm Dm/C Dm/B
A augmentedA young man in Air Jordans
         Bb majorBb       A minorAm
Just left me five dollars on the piano
     C majorC
Whattaya know


Verse 2:
DmDm
I always hated those airport pianos
DmDm                      G minorGm
Should be a law saying playing the theme from Beverly Hills Cop
                  Bb majorBb C majorC
Will get one of your hands chopped off
DmDm
I wrote this song on an airport piano
DmDm
I’m out of time I just need one more little rhyme
    G minorGm
I gotta board that plane
    G minorGm
They’re calling my name
    Bb majorBb    C majorC
So I’m writing a song

Singin’

Chorus:
FF                 A minorAm
Women in SUV Porsches always look miserable
         DmDm
Or is it only the Botox
                 Bb majorBb
They stick in their face to keep their looks from slipping
    C majorC            FF
They’re kicking the can down the road
            FF
And men in mansions on cul-de-sacs
A minorAm
Having their midlife affairs
          DmDm
With the wife of a banker
               Bb majorBb
While the banker is banging Bianca
  C majorC             DmDm Dm/C Dm/B
But sadly they’re still gonna die


Bridge:
       DmDm Dm/C Dm/B
A augmentedA guy buying Subway
     Bb majorBb
Anxiously digs through his cabin bag
 A minorAm            C majorC
Smiles when his wallet is found
     DmDm Dm/C Dm/B
Pays for his six-inch
           DmDm    Dm/C
Then forgets that his bag is unzipped
    Dm/B         Bb majorBb
So the contents of it is disgorged
        FF          C majorC
And a jar of Viagra spills onto the ground

So it goes


Chorus:
FF                 A minorAm
Women in SUV Porsches always look miserable
             DmDm
And I know why they’re so sad
                     Bb majorBb
They thought they’d be happier than they were in their Fords
        C majorC
But now they’re bored of their Porsches
      FF
And they’re looking for more, they’re out there shopping for more
     A minorAm
And their husband’s so fat in his new Lycra shorts
     DmDm
Trying to peddle his way back to ninety-four
     Bb majorBb            C majorC
Trying to wind back the clock to before, to before
       FF
They had this boat and this house and this buy-to-let mortgage
   A minorAm
To before they had bought all the things that they thought
   DmDm
Would fill up the hole but the goal keeps receding
    Bb majorBb              C majorC
And his hair is receding there’s this book he’s been reading for
FF
Six months but the words just swim round the pages
  A minorAm
And god it’s been ages since they made love
    DmDm                     Bb majorBb
And the kids are on drugs with their ADHD and their anxiety
     C majorC
And their music is shit
    FF
And the time just keeps slipping away
           A minorAm
But I’m sitting here playing and singing and they are calling my name
     DmDm
Cos your flight’s gotta go when your flight’s gotta go
   Bb majorBb          C majorC      FF
And I wrote this song on an airport piano