This is my verion of "Parachutes and Airplanes" by David Archuleta. It sounds good
to me, but I'm still pretty new at this, so feel free to change some of the chords if you want to.
Tuning: Standard
Capo 3rd fret
Intro:
E|-------------------------------|
B|--0--1--3--1--0--1--3--1--1----|
G|-------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Verse:
G C
There's something crazy 'bout this day
Am
Like I'm walking on a trampoline
C
I couldn't get much higher
G C
So if I asked you would you stay
C Am
Cause you remind me of a ballerina
C
Dancing on a wire
G Bm Am
And I don't ever want to say goodbye
G Em
I just want to steal this moment
C
Right away from time
Chorus:
G
What do you say when you can't come down
C
When you feel like you're ten feet off the ground
G
What do you do when you're on the edge
C
Now you're here and you've got me thinking 'bout
G Am C
Parachutes and airplanes
C
Thinking about
G Am C
Parachutes and airplanes
C G C
We'll never hit the ground, ground, ground, ground
Verse 2:
G C
The world's a thousand shades of blue
Am
Like we're here in a kaleidoscope
C
Don't want it to be over
G
Like everything that's in my mind
C Am
Is here right in front of my eyes
C
And you're the one who got me here
G Bm Am
Cause I don't ever want to say goodbye
G Em
I just want to steal this moment
C
Right away from time
G
What do you say when you can't come down
C
When you feel like you're ten feet off the ground
G
What do you do when you're on the edge
C
Now you're here and you've got me thinking 'bout
G Am C
Parachutes and airplanes
C
Thinking about
G Am C
Parachutes and airplanes
Am
We'll never hit the ground
Em
Cause life gets hard sometimes
G C
And I just need a place to get away
Am
Turn the world around
Em
I'm never coming down
G C
Cause I don't ever want to hit, don't want to hit the
G C
Ground, ground, ground, ground
(Oh, I don't want to hit the ground)
G C
Ground, ground, ground, ground
G
What do you say when you can't come down
C
When you feel like you're ten feet off the ground
G
What do you do when you're on the edge
C
Now you're here and you've got me thinking 'bout
G Am C
Parachutes and airplanes
G
What do you say when you can't come down
C
When you feel like you're ten feet off the ground
G
What do you do when you're on the edge
C
Now you're here and you've got me thinking 'bout
G Am C
Parachutes and airplanes
C
Thinking about
G Am C
Parachutes and airplanes
G C
We'll never hit the ground, ground, ground, ground
G C G
Never hit the ground, ground, ground, ground