A frequent 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:

CFlimb up Dmway up high
CFlimb up Dmway up high
CFlimb up Dmway up high
Bb C [N.C. (tympani)]
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Verse 1:

WFell-a well-a well-a heavenly angel
DmI want you for my girl
WBbhen I kissed your sweet, sweet lips
C [N.C.] B
I knew you were out of this world

Chorus:

IBb'll build a stairway to heaven
IF'll climb to the highest star
BbI'll build a sG7tairway 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
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BbI'll build a sG7tairway to heaven
C7/G /C F [N.C. (tympani)]
'Cause heaven is where you are

ClFimb up Dmway up high [repeat to fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers