Jet Airliner Chords

Jet Airliner
Steve Miller Band
 
Tabbed by Dave Seager
 
C   8-10xxxx or x35xxx
F   x8-10xxx or xx35xx
Bb  68xxxx   or x13xxx
 
Really C5, F5, Bb5, or play fuller chord voicings.
Embellish C5 with C6  8-12xxxx or x37xxx
 
 
[Lead Lick] (two guitars)
  (C     N.C.             Bb) - play this on the intro, on repeats hold the C chord
e|----8--6--8----6-----------|
B|------------------6h8p6----|
G|----5--3--5----3--------8--|
D|------------------3h5p3----|
A|------------------------6--|
E|---------------------------|
 
 
[Intro]
 
(Begin with an eighth note pickup of Bb)
C
Lead lick x4
 
C       F   C   F        C
C               F        C
C               Bb   F   C
C               Bb   F   C
 
Bb   F   C      x3
Bb   F
 
C
Lead lick x4
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
C               F          C   F                  C
  Leavin' home, out on the road I've been down before
C                                                 F                  C
Ridin' along on this big ol' jet plane, I've been thinkin' about my home
       C                                  Bb             F        C
But my love light seems so far away and I feel like it's all been done
C                                                Bb        F      C
Somebody's tryin' to make me stay, you know I've got to be movin' on
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       Bb      F         C
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Bb             F         C
Don't carry me too far away
       Bb      F         C
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
           Bb             F       C
Cause it's here that I've got to stay
 
C
Lead lick x2
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C                  F         C         F                  C
Goodbye to all my friends at home, goodbye to people I've trusted
     C                                          F                          C
I've got to go out and make my way, I might get rich, you know I might get busted
       C                                     Bb         F         C
But my heart keeps calling me backwards as I get on the seven oh seven (707)
C                                                 Bb                F              C
Ridin' high, I got tears in my eyes, you know you got to go through hell before you get to heaven
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Bb      F         C
Big ol' jet airliner
Bb             F         C
Don't carry me too far away
       Bb      F         C
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
           Bb             F       C
Cause it's here that I've got to stay
 
C
Lead lick x2
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
C                      F       C    F                       C
  Touchin' down in New England town,  feel the heat comin' down
     C                                      F                  C
I've got to keep on keepin' on, you know the big wheel keeps a spinnin' around
        C                                         Bb    F      C
And I'm goin' with some hesitation, you know that I can surely see
       C                                         Bb     F          C
That I don't want to get caught up in any of that funky shit goin' down in the city
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Bb      F         C
Big ol' jet airliner
Bb             F         C
Don't carry me too far away
       Bb      F         C
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
           Bb             F       C
Cause it's here that I've got to stay
 
       Bb      F         C
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Bb             F         C
Don't carry me too far away
       Bb      F         C
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
           Bb             F       C
Cause it's here that I've got to stay
 
C
     Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lead lick x2
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Bb      F         C
Big ol' jet airliner
Bb             F         C
Don't carry me too far away
       Bb      F         C
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
           Bb             F       C
Cause it's here that I've got to stay
 
       Bb      F         C
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Bb        F     C
Carry me to my home
       Bb      F         C
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
           Bb         F    C
Cause it's there that I belong
 
C
             Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lead lick x4
 
Bb      F         C
Big ol' jet airliner
 
(fade out)
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