Head Up In The Clouds by Powderfinger

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Intro:

   played 2x

   Guitar 1:
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------2-----|---------------------------------|
D|-4---4---4-4---4---4-4-------5p4-|-2---2---2-2---2---2-2-----5-2h4-|
A|-2---2---2-2---2---2-2-----------|-0---0---0-0---0---0-0-----------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |
 | Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-0---0---0-0---0---0-0-----0-0---|-0---0---0-0---0---0-0-----0-0---|
G|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|
D|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|
A|-x---x---x-x---x---x-x-----x-x---|-0---0---0-0---0---0-0-----0-0---|
E|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|---------------------------------|

Verse 1:

played 4x

   Guitar 1:
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------2-----|---------------------------------|
D|-4---4---4-4---4---4-4-------5p4-|-2---2---2-2---2---2-2-----5-2h4-|
A|-2---2---2-2---2---2-2-----------|-0---0---0-0---0---0-0-----------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |
                                                        B     A
 | Guitar 2 - the pointer finger shifts between the low   and
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-0---0---0-0---0---0-0-----0-0---|-0---0---0-0---0---0-0-----0-0---|
G|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|
D|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|
A|-x---x---x-x---x---x-x-----x-x---|-x---x---x-x---x---x-x-----x-x---|
E|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|-5---5---5-5---5---5-5-----5-5---|

   Both parts together
e|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
B|-0-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|-0-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|
G|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|
D|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|
A|-2-------------------x-x---x-x-x-|-2-------------------x-x---x-x-x-|
E|-3-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|-3-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3-----3-------3-------3---3-3-3-|-3-----3-------3-------3---3-3-3-|
G|-4---------4-------4-------4-4-4-|-4---------4-------4-------4-4-4-|
D|-4-------------------------4-4-4-|-4-------------------------4-4-4-|
A|-2-------------------------2-2-2-|-2-------------------------2-2-2-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
B|-0-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|-0-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|
G|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|
D|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|
A|-2-------------------x-x---x-x-x-|-2-------------------x-x---x-x-x-|
E|-3-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|-3-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3-----3-------3-------3---3-3-3-|-------3-------2-------0---3-----|
G|-4---------4-------4-------4-4-4-|-2---------2-------2-------------|
D|-4-------------------------4-4-4-|-2-------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------------2-2-2-|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|-3-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
B|-0---------------------3---0-0---|-0-------------------------------|
G|-0-------------------------0-0---|-0-------------------------------|
D|-0-------------------------0-0---|-2-------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|

Lead Guitar with tape echo effect at end of Chorus:
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-10----10-12-----------15----15-17~--|
G|-11--------------11--------------|----11--------------------16---------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

Verse 2:

   play riff 4x

   Guitar 1:
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------2-----|---------------------------------|
D|-4---4---4-4---4---4-4-------5p4-|-2---2---2-2---2---2-2-----5-2h4-|
A|-2---2---2-2---2---2-2-----------|-0---0---0-0---0---0-0-----------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |
                                                        B     A
 | Guitar 2 - the pointer finger shifts between the low   and
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-0---0---0-0---0---0-0-----0-0---|-0---0---0-0---0---0-0-----0-0---|
G|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|
D|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|
A|-x---x---x-x---x---x-x-----x-x---|-x---x---x-x---x---x-x-----x-x---|
E|-7---7---7-7---7---7-7-----7-7---|-5---5---5-5---5---5-5-----5-5---|

   Both parts together
e|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
B|-0-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|-0-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|
G|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|
D|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|
A|-2-------------------x-x---x-x-x-|-2-------------------x-x---x-x-x-|
E|-3-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|-3-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3-----3-------3-------3---3-3-3-|-3-----3-------3-------3---3-3-3-|
G|-4---------4-------4-------4-4-4-|-4---------4-------4-------4-4-4-|
D|-4-------------------------4-4-4-|-4-------------------------4-4-4-|
A|-2-------------------------2-2-2-|-2-------------------------2-2-2-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
B|-0-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|-0-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|
G|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|
D|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|-0-------------------0-0---0-0-0-|
A|-2-------------------x-x---x-x-x-|-2-------------------x-x---x-x-x-|
E|-3-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|-3-------------------3-3---3-3-3-|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3-----3-------3-------3---3-3-3-|-------3-------2-------0---3-----|
G|-4---------4-------4-------4-4-4-|-2---------2-------2-------------|
D|-4-------------------------4-4-4-|-2-------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------------2-2-2-|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|-3-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
B|-0---------------------3---0-0---|-0-------------------------------|
G|-0-------------------------0-0---|-0-------------------------------|
D|-0-------------------------0-0---|-2-------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|

Lead Guitar with tape echo effect at end of Chorus:
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-10----10-12----------15-17-15-17/19-|
G|-11--------------11--------------|----11-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

   play 2x, chords of backing instruments shown above

   Bm                                D
e|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-19TP-------------------17TP-----|-\12TP-------------------10TP-12TP-|
G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

   G                                 Em
e|-10TP-------------------12TP-----|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-12TP------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Outro

e|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
B|-0---------------------3---3-3-3-|-0---------------------3---3-3-3-|
G|-0---------------------0---0-0-0-|-0---------------------0---0-0-0-|
D|-0---------------------0---0-0-0-|-0---------------------0---0-0-0-|
A|-2---------------------x---x-x-x-|-2---------------------x---x-x-x-|
E|-3---------------------3---3-3-3-|-3---------------------3---3-3-3-|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3-----3-------3-------3---3-3-3-|-3-----3-------3-------3---3-3-3-|
G|-4---------4-------4---4---4-4-4-|-4---------4-------4---4---4-4-4-|
D|-4---------------------4---4-4-4-|-4---------------------4---4-4-4-|
A|-2---------------------2---2-2-2-|-2---------------------2---2-2-2-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
B|-0---------------------3---3-3-3-|-0---------------------3---3-3-3-|
G|-0---------------------0---0-0-0-|-0---------------------0---0-0-0-|
D|-0---------------------0---0-0-0-|-0---------------------0---0-0-0-|
A|-2---------------------x---x-x-x-|-2---------------------x---x-x-x-|
E|-3---------------------3---3-3-3-|-3---------------------3---3-3-3-|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
G|-4-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|-3-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
B|-0---------------------3---0-0---|-0-------------------------------|
G|-0-------------------------0-0---|-0-------------------------------|
D|-0-------------------------0-0---|-2-------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|

e|-2-------------------------------|
B|-3-------------------------------|
G|-4-------------------------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

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| x   Dead note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
| PM  Palm mute
| TP  Tremelo Picking

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Published: April 21, 2026
Last Updated: April 21, 2026