Stairway To Heaven

equent topic of discussion in the tab groups is 'what are the lyrics to

'Stairway To Heaven' about, anyway?'. Well, the narrator obviously isn't

going to build a *physical* stairway to heaven - for one thing, how could

he move it around without bumping it into everything? Instead, 'build a

stairway to heaven' is a *metaphor* - like, you know, sometimes words have

two meanings.

"Stairway To Heaven"

(Neil Sedaka - Howard Greenfield)

Intro:

F Dm

Climb up way up high

F Dm

Climb up way up high

F Dm

Climb up way up high

Bb C [N.C. (tympani)]

/ / / / /

Verse 1:

F

Well-a well-a well-a heavenly angel

Dm

I want you for my girl

Bb

When I kissed your sweet, sweet lips

C [N.C.] B

I knew you were out of this world

Chorus:

Bb

I'll build a stairway to heaven

F

I'll climb to the highest star

Bb G7

I'll build a stairway to heaven

C7/G /C F [1-3: N.C. (tympani); 4: to coda]

'Cause heaven is where you are

Verse 2:

Well-a well-a well-a over the rainbow

That's where I'm gonna climb

Way up high where the bluebirds fly

I'm gonna love you all the time

[sax solo over verse chords]

[repeat chorus]

Well-a well-a well I gotta be going

Gonna leave the world behind

Every day in a heavenly way

You're gonna drive me outta my mind

[repeat chorus]

Coda:

(F) C B

/ / / /

(...are)

Bb G7

I'll build a stairway to heaven

C7/G /C F [N.C. (tympani)]

'Cause heaven is where you are

F Dm

Climb up way up high [repeat to fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers