BRIAN ENO - "Burning Airlines Give You So Much More"
From "Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy" C. 1974 on Island Records
Words and Music by Brian Eno
Interpreted by Lee Westmoreland

Standard Tuning

Intro/Main Riff/Ending:
E|-----8-9---------------------------------| Repeat
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------10-11-------------------10-11----|
D|-------------10-11---------10-11---------|
A|------------------8-9---8-9--------------|
E|---------------------8-9-----------------|

Verse "Flaunt"
    F# (244322@1)            BE|---9---------------7-| (x2444x@1)B|---11--------------7-|
G|---11--------10-11-8-|
D|---11--10-11-------9-|
A|---9---------------9-|
E|---x---------------7-|

B (x2444x@1)                            F#When (244322@1)I got back home I found a message on the door
B (x2444x@1)                          F#Sweet (244322@1)Regina's gone to China cross-legged on the floor
C# (x43121@1)         B (x2444x@1)                 F#Of (244322@1)a burning jet that's smoothly flying:
C# (x43121@1)             B (x2444x@1)              F#Burning (244322@1)airlines give you so much more.

B (x2444x@1)                              F#How (244322@1)does she intend to live when she's in far Cathay?
B (x2444x@1)                              F#I (244322@1)somehow can't imagine her just planting rice all day.
C# (x43121@1)           B (x2444x@1)         F#Maybe (244322@1)she will do a bit of spying
C# (x43121@1)               B (x2444x@1)           F#With (244322@1)micro-cameras hidden in her hair.

Riff x4

B (x2444x@1)                              F#I (244322@1)guess Regina's on the plane, a Newsweek on her knees
B (x2444x@1)                                         F#While (244322@1)miles below her the curlews call from strangely stunted trees.
C# (x43121@1)                  B (x2444x@1)                 F#The (244322@1)painted sage sits just as though he's flying;
C# (x43121@1)         B (x2444x@1)                F#Regina's (244322@1)jet disturbs his wispy beard.

B (x2444x@1)                         F#When (244322@1)you reach Kyoto send a postcard if you can,
B (x2444x@1)                                  F#And (244322@1)please convey my fond regards to Chih-Hao's girl Yu-Lan.
C# (x43121@1)            B (x2444x@1)               F#I (244322@1)heard a rumor they were getting married
C# (x43121@1)             B (x2444x@1)           F#But (244322@1)someone left the papers in Japan.

Riff 2x (and over the ending)
F# (244322@1) C# (x43121@1) B (x2444x@1)F# (244322@1)   F# (244322@1) C# (x43121@1) B (x2444x@1)F# (244322@1)   fade out
Left them in Japan, left them in Japan...

Chord Voicings:

B (x2444x@1)F# (244322@1)C#e|-7--9---9--| (x43121@1)B|-7--11--9--|
G|-8--11--10-|
D|-9--11--11-|
A|-9--9---11-|
E|-7--x---9--|
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