Key: E5
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Intro: C#m- - A- - B- - A-- x2
Verse 1:
C#5 A5
On this coldest of January nights
B5
We drive out past the runway and
A5
watch the planes go flying by
C#5
The runway lights are the deepest
A5
blue like the colors of your eyes
B5
So close them tight and
A5
kiss me one last time
Refrain:
F#5 Ab5 A5
If you could go anywhere right now
E5 D5
Where would you go?
A5
And would you miss me
when you get there?
F#5 Ab5 A5
No place that I would rather be
Chorus:
E5
Please don't let me go
C#5
falling from the sky
B5
The "fasten seatbelt"
A5
sign just needs to go out
E5
If only you could be
C#5
right here by my side
B5
Home wouldn't seem
A5
so far from here
Post Biss: C#m- - A- - B- - A-- x2
Verse 2:
C#5
Passport customs
A5
carry on remember
B5
To shut off all of your
A5
electronic devices
C#5
Fell asleep on Tuesday
A5
woke up Monday afternoon
B5
I slept right through
A5
your International Date Line
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: F#m- - A- - C#m- - B- - F#m- - A- - A(hold)
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Outro: F#m- - Ab5 - A(hold)