Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven guitar tab

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