Paper Plane Status Quo
Paper Plane
Status Quo
Piledriver 1972
I like the simplicity of this song.
The intro can be quite hard to get
your head around but it's easy enough.
There are tons of ways of doing it and
most of which are correct.
I have done the version that is a
little more challenging!
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Intro (Francis)
*
E|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|---------8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-| E|-11-10-8-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--|etc
^Keep your index finger on the Bb of your bottom E
This way you use minimal movement.
Intro (Rick-played where stars appear on Francis' tab)
E|---6-|
B|---6-|
G|---7-|
D|-8-8-|
A|-8-8-|
E|-6-6-|
^Play this until the drums come
in with the bass and shuffle a Bb.
[Bb]Riding on a big white butterfly
I turned my back away towards the sky
I [Eb]close my eyes to look for something
saw myself as really nothing
[Bb]Then I realised my butterfly
[F]Wasn't really up there with me
Eb N.C
We all make mistakes forgive me
[Bb]Would you like to ride my butterfly
(Intro Again)
|Bb||Bb||Bb||Bb|
[Bb]Riding on a long blue paper plane
Getting seasick, sorry once again
[Eb]Landing strip is getting nearer
Hope the fog lifts, make it clearer
[Bb]Then I realised my paper plane
[F]Wasn't really up there with me
Eb N.C
We all make mistakes forgive me
[Bb]Would you like to ride my paper plane [F]
Solo(Francis plays lead while Rick plays the chords):
{ Bb
E|-9/-10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10-10--9-8-| B|-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-11-10-9-| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------|
{
}
E|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-| B|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-| G|-----------------------------------------| Repeat D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------|
}
[Eb]
E|-14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-15-14-13-| B|-15/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-16-15-14-| G|----------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| E|-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-| B|-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Bb]
E|-9/-10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10-10--9-8-| B|-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-11-10-9-| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| E|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-| B|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------|
Middle:
Francis
E|-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------------| B|-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------------| G|-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------------| D|-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------| A|-3-3-3-3-3------------------20-20-20-20-19-18-| E|-1--------------------------------------------|
Ricky
E|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|-15-------------------------------------------| A|-15-15-15-15-15-------------------------------| E|-13-13-13-13-13-------------------------------|
Francis
E|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|-8-8-8-8-8------------------------------------| D|-8-8-8-8-8------------------------------------| A|-6-6-6-6-6------------------18-18-18-18-17-16-| E|----------------------------------------------|
Ricky
E|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------| D|-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------|
Solo:
[Bb]
E|-9/-10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10--9/10-10-10-10--9-8-| B|-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11-11-10-9-| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| E|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-| B|-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-5/6-6-6-| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------|
|F|
[Bb]Riding in a three grand Deutsche car
A to B is often very far
[Eb]Home is near but such a long way
legs and heads all feel the wrong way
[Bb]Then I realised my Deutsche car
is [F]only there to get me somewhere
[Eb]even so I really do care
[Bb]Would you like to ride my Deutsche car[F]
Solo to fade
Some other ways to play the intro:
E|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|-1-0---3-| A|-----3-1-| E|---------|
or
E|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|---------| A|-6-5---8-| E|-----8-6-|
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