Biography:
Airport 5 was a collaboration between Guided by Voices founder Robert Pollard and sometime partner Tobin Sprout. Collaborating chiefly by mail, Sprout provided completed backing tracks which he composed, and Pollard added his own lyrics and vocals. Airport 5 released two 7-inch singles and two full-length albums between 2001 and 2002.
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Airport 5 - War & Wedding
Off the album "Tower in the Fountain of Sparks" (2001).
Project by Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout (Guided By Voices).
Three chords. Play the C with a high g-note:
G: 320003
C: x32013
D: xx0232
The D is sometimes played over two bars (when indicated).
You can add some variation by playing Dsus4 (xx0233) and Dsus2 (xx0230) at the end of those lines.
You will get it right when you listen to the record.
Intro:
I’m over and in, yeah
G - C - G - D
G - C - D - D
Verse 1:
G C
I’m over and in
G D
To go to pieces
G C
in a single file
D D
Chorus:
C D
each piece marching
G C G D D
merrily off to war and wedding
Verse 2:
G C
I’m sweeping away
G D
the broken pieces
G C
clearing space
D D
Interlude:
G - C - G - D
G - C - D - D
Chorus:
C D
for the next who will go
G C G D D
merrily off to war and wedding
C D
each one dreaming himself
G C G D D
merrily off to war and wedding
Outro:
G - C - G - D
G - C - D - D
Off the album "Tower in the Fountain of Sparks" (2001).
Project by Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout (Guided By Voices).
Three chords. Play the C with a high g-note:
G: 320003
C: x32013
D: xx0232
The D is sometimes played over two bars (when indicated).
You can add some variation by playing Dsus4 (xx0233) and Dsus2 (xx0230) at the end of those lines.
You will get it right when you listen to the record.
Intro:
I’m over and in, yeah
G - C - G - D
G - C - D - D
Verse 1:
G C
I’m over and in
G D
To go to pieces
G C
in a single file
D D
Chorus:
C D
each piece marching
G C G D D
merrily off to war and wedding
Verse 2:
G C
I’m sweeping away
G D
the broken pieces
G C
clearing space
D D
Interlude:
G - C - G - D
G - C - D - D
Chorus:
C D
for the next who will go
G C G D D
merrily off to war and wedding
C D
each one dreaming himself
G C G D D
merrily off to war and wedding
Outro:
G - C - G - D
G - C - D - D
