Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Am
[Intro]
Am Ammaj9 Am7 D/F# Fmaj7 G Am
Am Ammaj9 Am7 D/F# Fmaj7 G Am
C D Fmaj7 Am C G Dsus4 D
C D Fmaj7 Am C D Fmaj7
[Verse 1]
Am Ammaj9
There’s a lady who’s sure,
Am7 D/F#
All that glitters is gold.
Fmaj7 G Am
And she’s buying a stairway to Heaven.
Am Ammaj9
When she gets there she knows,
Am7 D/F#
If the stores are all closed,
Fmaj7 G Am
With a word she can get what she came for.
C D Fmaj7 Am C G Dsus4 D
Oo-ooh ooh – ooh, and she’s buying a stairway to Hea – ven.
[Verse 2]
C D
There’s a sign on the wall,
Fmaj7 Am
But she wants to be sure.
C D Fmaj7
‘Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
Am Ammaj9
In a tree by the brook,
Am7 D/F#
There’s a songbird who sings,
Fmaj7 G Am
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
[Instrumental]
Am Ammaj9 Am7 D/F# Fmaj7 G Am G/B
[Bridge 1]
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
Ooh, it makes me wonder…
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
Oooooooooh, it makes me wonder…
[Verse 3]
C G/B
There’s a feeling I get,
Am
When I look to the west.
C G/B Fmaj7 Am
And my spirit is crying for lea – ving.
C G/B
In my thoughts I have seen,
Am
Rings of smoke through the trees,
C G/B Fmaj7 Am C G/B
And the voices of those who stand loo – king.
[Bridge 2]
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
Oooooooh, it makes me wonder…
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
Oooooooooh, it really makes me wonder…
[Verse 4]
C G/B
And it’s whispered that soon,
Am
If we all call the tune,
C G/B Fmaj7 Am
Then the piper will lead us to rea – son.
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C G/B
And a new day will dawn,
Am
For those who stand long,
C G/B Fmaj7 Am C G/B
And the forests will echo with laugh-ter.
[Bridge 3]
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
[Verse 5]
C G/B Am
If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow
Don’t be alarmed now,
C G/B Fmaj7 Am
It’s just a spring clean for the May queen.
C G/B Am
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
C G/B Fmaj7 Am C G/B
There’s still time to change the road you’re on.
[Bridge 4]
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
And it makes me wonder…
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
Ohhh-ohhh
[Verse 6]
C G/B Am
Your head is humming and it won’t go
In case you don’t know,
C G/B Fmaj7 Am
The piper’s calling you to join him,
C G/B Am
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,
And did you know
C G/B Fmaj7 Am C G/B D
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
[Transition]
Dsus2 D Dsus4 Dsus2 D Dsus4 Dsus2 D Dsus4 Dsus4 D
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
Dsus2 D Dsus4 Dsus2 D Dsus4 Dsus2 D Dsus4 Dsus4 D
C Cadd9 Gmaj7/B
[Solo]
Am Am/G Fmaj7 x10
[Final Verse]
Am G F
And as we wind on down the road,
Am G F
Our shadows taller than our souls,
Am G F
There walks a lady we all know,
Am G F
Who shines white light and wants to show,
Am G F
How everything still turns to gold.
Am G F
And if you listen very hard,
Am G F
The tune will come to you at last.
Am G F
When all are one and one is all, yeah.
Am G F
To be a rock and not to roll.
[Outro]
Am Am/G Fmaj7 x4
(Fmaj7) Am
And she’s buying a stairway to Heaven.
