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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! \/=slide

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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.
BbRiding on a big white butterfly I turned my back away towards the sky I Ebclose my eyes to look for something
saw myself as really nothing
BbThen I realised my butterfly FWasn't really up there with me EbWe

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all make mistakes forgive me BbWould you like to ride my butterfly
(Intro Again) |Bb||Bb||Bb||Bb|
BbRiding on a long blue paper plane Getting seasick, sorry once again EbLanding strip is getting nearer
Hope the fog lifts, make it clearer
BbThen I realised my paper plane FWasn't really up there with me EbWe

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all make mistakes forgive me BbWould 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|-----------------------------------------| }
E|-14/Eb15-15-15-14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-15-14-13-| 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|
BbRiding in a three grand Deutsche car A to B is often very far EbHome is near but such a long way
legs and heads all feel the wrong way
BbThen I realised my Deutsche car is Fonly there to get me somewhere Ebeven so I really do care BbWould 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-|