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Silver Wings by Merle Haggard
Silver Wings
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
| E | E | E | E |
[Chorus]
E
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
F#m B
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
E
They're taking you away, and leaving me lonely
F#m B E
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
[Verse]
F#m B7
Don't leave me I cry
E D#7 E
Don't take that airplane ride
F#7
But you locked me out of your mind
B7 B7sus4 B
Left me standing here behind
[Chorus]
E
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
F#m B
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
E
They're taking you away, and leaving me lonely
F#m B E
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
[Instrumental]
| E | E | E | E |
| F#m | B | E | E |
[Chorus]
E
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
F#m B
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
E
They're taking you away, and leaving me lonely
F#m B E
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
E
slowly fading out of sight
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
The original recording was in the key of E, but some of his live versions are in
F. I've kept to the original arrangement.
[Intro]
e|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-------------1-1-1-1-2-2-1-|
D|----2----2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-2h4--2h4----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Play this lick twice. Basically it's the bass lick followed by an down-up strum of
E-E-E-E-Esus4-Esus4-E
[Verse 1]
E
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
F#m B
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
E
They're taking you away and leaving me lonely
F#m B E
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
[Bridge]
F#m B
Don't leave me I cry
E D#+ E
Don't take that airplane ride
F#
But you've locked me out of your mind
B
And left me standing here behind
(Stop)
The D#+ can be played: x-6-5-4-4-x
You can substitute D#7#5 which is easier to transition to from the open E
x-2-1-0-2-x Either chord works.
Note the F# major in the bridge....not the more commonly used F#m.
Give a listen to the original, you'll see it's the way the Hag plays it.
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version 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 4th fret
Key: E
[Intro]
|C |C |C |C |
[Chorus]
C
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Dm G7
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
C
They're taking you away leaving me lonely
Dm G7 C
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
[Verse]
Dm G7
"Don't leave me," I cry
C
Don't take that airplane ride
D7
But you locked me out of your mind
G7 G
Left me standing here behind
[Chorus]
C
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Dm G
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
C
They're taking you away leaving me lonely
Dm G7 C C
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
[Instrumental]
|C |C |C |C |Dm |G7 |C |C |
[Outro]
C
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Dm G7
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
C
They're taking you away leaving me lonely
Dm G7 C
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight Slowly fading out of sight.
X
By helping UG you make the world better... and earn IQ
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version 4
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
[Intro]
| D | % | % | % |
[Chorus]
D
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Em A
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
D
They're taking you away, leaving me lonely
Em A D
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
[Verse]
Em A
"Don't leave me," I cry
D Em D
Don't take that airplane ride
Em
But you locked me out of your mind
A
Left me standing here behind
[Chorus]
D
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Em A
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
D
They're taking you away, leaving me lonely
Em A D
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
[Instrumental]
| D | % | % | % |
| Em | A | D | % |
[Outro]
D
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Em A
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
D
They're taking you away, leaving me lonely
Em A D
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
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