Paper Plane Tab by Status Quo

Paper Plane tab by Status Quo

Guitar Tab

PAPER PLANE

As recorded by Status Quo
(From the 1972 Album PILEDRIVER)

Words and Music by Francis Rossi & Bob Young

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Francis Rossi - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rick Parfitt - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Francis Rossi - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  Boogie Rock Q=160
  N.C.             Bb5
 4/4
  Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
  H    E E E E     Q    H.
|--------------||---------------------|
|--------------||o--------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|
|--------6-5---||o------8-------------|
|------------8-||--6----6-------------|
|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
| H    E E E E     E E  E  E E E  E E
|--------------||---------------------|
|--------------||o--------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|
|--------6-5---||o-8-8-10--8-8-8-10-8-|
|------------8-||--6-6--6--6-6-6--6-6-|


  +H         E E E E  3x E E  E E E E  E E
|---------------------||-------------------|
|--------------------o||-------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|
|-(8)----------6-5---o||-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|-(6)--------------8--||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|
|  E  E  E E E E E E  3x E E  E E E E  E E
|---------------------||-------------------|
|--------------------o||-------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|
|--8--8-10-8-8-6-5---o||-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|--6--6--6-6-6-----8--||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|


                      1st - 3rd Verses
                   $
                       Bb5  1st time tacet
                   Gtr III (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
  E E  E E E E E E     E E  Q   Q    Q
|------------------||--------------------|
|------------------||o-------------------|
|------------------||----3------3--------|
|------------------||----3------3--------|
|-8-8-10-8-8-6-5---||o-------------------|
|-6-6--6-6-6-----8-||--------------------|
|
|                  Gtrs I, II
| E E  E E E E E E     E E  E E E E  E E
|------------------||--------------------|
|------------------||o-------------------|
|------------------||--------------------|
|------------------||--------------------|
|-8-8-10-8-8-6-5---||o-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|-6-6--6-6-6-----8-||--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|


  E E  Q   Q    Q     E E  Q   Q    Q
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|---3------3--------|---3------3---------|
|---3------3--------|---3------3---------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--|
|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|


  E E  Q   Q   Q     E E  Q   Q    Q
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|---3------3-------|---3------3--------|
|---3------3-------|---3------3--------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E  E E E E E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-8-8-10-8-8-6-5---|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|-6-6--6-6-6-----8-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|


  E E  Q   Q    Q     E E  Q   Q    Q
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|---3------3--------|---3------3---------|
|---3------3--------|---3------3---------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--|
|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|


                     Eb5
  E E  Q   Q   Q     E E  Q   Q    Q
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|---3------3-------|---8------8--------|
|---3------3-------|---8------8--------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E  E E E E E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|-8-8-10-8-8-6-5---|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|-6-6--6-6-6-----8-|-------------------|


  E E  Q   Q    Q     E E  Q   Q    Q
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|---8------8--------|---8------8---------|
|---8------8--------|---8------8---------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--|
|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|-------------------|--------------------|


                     Bb5
  E E  Q   Q   Q     E E  Q   Q    Q
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|---8------8-------|---3------3--------|
|---8------8-------|---3------3--------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E  E E E E E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-8-8-10-8-8-------|-------------------|
|-6-6--6-6-6-6-5---|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|----------------8-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|


  E E  Q   Q    Q     E E  Q   Q    Q
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|---3------3--------|---3------3---------|
|---3------3--------|---3------3---------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--|
|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|


                     Chorus
                      F5
  E E  Q   Q   Q       E  E  Q     Q     Q
|------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------||-------------------------|
|---3------3-------||----10-------10----------|
|---3------3-------||----10-------10----------|
|------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------||-------------------------|
|
| E E  E E E E E E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------||-10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|
|-8-8-10-8-8-6-5---||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-6-6--6-6-6-----8-||-------------------------|


                            Eb5
   E  E  Q     Q     Q      q  Q  H
|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|----10-------10----------|-8----------|
|----10-------10----------|-8----------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   q  Q  H
|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|-8----------|
|-10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|-8----------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-6----------|
|-------------------------|------------|


                                                                To Coda
             Bb5
  W          E E  Q   Q    Q     E E  Q   Q    Q     E E  Q   Q    Q
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|---3------3--------|---3------3--------|---3------3---------|
|----------|---3------3--------|---3------3--------|---3------3---------|
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| W          E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--|
|----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|


                     Interlude
  1.
                      Bb5
  E E  Q   Q   Q      E E  Q   Q    Q
|------------------||-------------------|
|------------------||-------------------|
|---3------3-------||---3------3--------|
|---3------3-------||---3------3--------|
|------------------||-------------------|
|------------------||-------------------|
|
| E E  E E E E E E    E E  E E E E  E E
|------------------||-------------------|
|------------------||-------------------|
|------------------||-------------------|
|------------------||-------------------|
|-8-8-10-8-8-6-5---||-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|-6-6--6-6-6-----8-||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|


  E E  Q   Q   Q     E E  Q   Q    Q
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|---3------3-------|---3------3---------|
|---3------3-------|---3------3---------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E  E E E E E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|-8-8-10-8-8-6-5---|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--|
|-6-6--6-6-6-----8-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|


                      2.
                         F5
  E E  Q   Q   Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------||------------------------||
|------------------o||------------------------||
|---3------3--------||----5--5--5--5--5--5--5-||
|---3------3--------||-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-||
|------------------o||-1----------------------||
|-------------------||------------------------||
|
| E E  E E E E E E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------||------------------------||
|------------------o||------------------------||
|-------------------||------------------------||
|-------------------||---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|-8-8-10-8-8-6-5---o||-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||
|-6-6--6-6-6-----8--||-6----------------------||


 Guitar Solo
     Bb5
   a  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    a  E  E  E  E  E  E  q
|--9s10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9-|--9s10-10-10-10-10--9--8----|
|-10s11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-|-10s11-11-11-11-11-10--9----|
|--9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9-|--9-10-10-10-10-10--9--8----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E       E  E  E  E  E  E  E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10--8-|-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10-8--|
|-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6-6--|


  a E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  q      a  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-5s6-6--6-5-6-6--6-5-|-6-6--6-5-6-6--6---|--9s10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9-|
|-5s6-6--6-5-6-6--6-5-|-6-6--6-5-6-6--6---|-10s11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-|
|-6-7-7--7-6-7-7--7-6-|-7-7--7-6-7-7--7---|--9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9-|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
|
|   E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
|---8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10--8-|
|---6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|


   a  E  E  E  E  E  E  q     a E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  q
|--9s10-10-10-10-10--9--8---|-5s6-6--6-5-6-6--6-5-|-6-6--6-5-6-6--6---|
|-10s11-11-11-11-11-10--9---|-5s6-6--6-5-6-6--6-5-|-6-6--6-5-6-6--6---|
|--9-10-10-10-10-10--9--8---|-6-7-7--7-6-7-7--7-6-|-7-7--7-6-7-7--7---|
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|
|     E  E  E  E  E  E  E E     E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10-8-|---8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6-6-|---6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|


     Eb5
   a  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    a  E  E  E  E  E  E  q
|-14s15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-|-14s15-15-15-15-15-14-13---|
|-15s16-16-16-16-16-16-16-15-|-15s16-16-16-16-16-15-14---|
|-14-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-|-14-15-15-15-15-15-14-13---|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E       E  E  E  E  E  E  E E
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10--8-|-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10-8-|
|-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6-6-|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|


   a  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-10s11-11-11-10-11-11-11-10--|
|-10s11-11-11-10-11-11-11-10--|
|-11-12-12-12-11-12-12-12-11--|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
|     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10--8--|
|-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
|-----------------------------|


                              Bb5
   E  E  E  E  E  E  q      a  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-11-11-11-10-11-11-11---|--9s10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9-|
|-11-11-11-10-11-11-11---|-10s11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-|
|-12-12-12-11-12-12-12---|--9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9-|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E E       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|--8--8-10--8--8--8-10-8-|----------------------------|
|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-6-|-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10--8-|
|------------------------|-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|


   a  E  E  E  E  E  E  q
|--9s10-10-10-10-10--9--8---|
|-10s11-11-11-11-11-10--9---|
|--9-10-10-10-10-10--9--8---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|
|     E  E  E  E  E  E  E E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10-8-|
|-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6-6-|


  a E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  q
|-5s6-6--6-5-6-6--6-5-|-6-6--6-5-6-6--6---|
|-5s6-6--6-5-6-6--6-5-|-6-6--6-5-6-6--6---|
|-6-7-7--7-6-7-7--7-6-|-7-7--7-6-7-7--7---|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
|   E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|---6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|


  F5                      N.C.
                                  ~~~~~~
   E  E  E  E  q   E  E    E  E E E +Q   Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------10-10-|-10-10-9-8-(8)-----|
|-----------------10-10-|-10-10-9-8-(8)-----|
|--7--7--7--7--7--10-10-|-10-10-9-8-(8)-----|
|--8--8--8--8--8--------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  q   Q       W
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-10-10-12-10-10--------|-------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|


  Eb5               N.C.
                          ~~~~~~
  E E  E E q  E E   E E E E +Q   Q
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------8-8-|-8-8-7-6-(6)-----|
|-------------8-8-|-8-8-7-6-(6)-----|
|-5-5--5-5-5--8-8-|-8-8-7-6-(6)-----|
|-6-6--6-6-6------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E  E E q  Q     W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-10-8-8------|-----------------|
|-6-6--6-6-6------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


  Bb5
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  q
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9-|-10-10-10-10-10--9--8----|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-|-11-11-11-11-11-10--9----|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9-|-10-10-10-10-10--9--8----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--8--8-10--8--8--8-10--8-|--8--8-10--8--8--8-10-8--|
|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-6--|


                                     D.S. al Coda &
                            F5                         F5
  a E E  E E E E  E E   +E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-5s6-6--6-5-6-6--6-5-|-(5)-----------------------||------------------------||
|-5s6-6--6-5-6-6--6-5-|-(5)-----------------------||------------------------||
|-6-7-7--7-6-7-7--7-6-|-(6)-----------------------||----5--5--5--5--5--5--5-||
|---------------------|-----10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-||
|---------------------|------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||-1----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||------------------------||
|
|   E E  E E E E  E E   +E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|---------------------|---------------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------|-----10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|---8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||
|---6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-(6)-----------------------||-6----------------------||


   Outro
       Bb5
     a  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||---9s10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9-|
||o-10s11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-|
||---9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9-|
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
|
|       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
||o-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10--8-|
||------6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|


   a  E  E  E  E  E  E  q     a E E  E E E E  E E
|--9s10-10-10-10-10--9--8---|-5s6-6--6-5-6-6--6-5-|
|-10s11-11-11-11-11-10--9---|-5s6-6--6-5-6-6--6-5-|
|--9-10-10-10-10-10--9--8---|-6-7-7--7-6-7-7--7-6-|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|
|     E  E  E  E  E  E  E E     E E  E E E E  E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10-8-|---8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6-6-|---6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|


                           Eb5
  E E  E E E E  q        a  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-6-6--6-5-6-6--6----||-14s15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-|
|-6-6--6-5-6-6--6---o||-15s16-16-16-16-16-16-16-15-|
|-7-7--7-6-7-7--7----||-14-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-|
|--------------------||----------------------------|
|-------------------o||----------------------------|
|--------------------||----------------------------|
|
| E E  E E E E  E E         E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------||----------------------------|
|-------------------o||----------------------------|
|--------------------||----------------------------|
|--------------------||-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10--8-|
|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-o||-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--||----------------------------|


   a  E  E  E  E  E  E  q
|-14s15-15-15-15-15-14-13---*|
|-15s16-16-16-16-16-15-14---*|
|-14-15-15-15-15-15-14-13---*|
|---------------------------*|
|---------------------------*|
|---------------------------*|
|
|     E  E  E  E  E  E  E E
|---------------------------*|
|---------------------------*|
|---------------------------*|
|-----8--8-10--8--8--8-10-8-*|
|-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6-6-*|
|---------------------------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
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 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
n:  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
   - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
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 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths



Riding on a big white butterfly
I turned my back away towards the sky
I closed my eyes to look for something
Saw myself as really nothing
Then I realised my butterfly
Wasn't really up there with me
We all make mistakes, forgive me
Would you like to ride my butterfly

Riding on a long blue paperplane
Getting seasick, sorry once again
Landing strip is getting nearer
Hope the foglifts, make it clearer
Then I realised my paperplane
Wasn't really up there with me
We all make mistakes, forgive me
Would you like to ride my paperplane

Riding in a three grand Deutsche car
A to B is often very far
Home is near, but such a long way
Legs and heads all feel the wrong way
Then I realised my Deutche car
Is only there to get me somewhere
Even so I really do care

Last updated: August 20, 2017

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