30000 Feet
Ben Rector
RockMedium for beginners6 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
C
Am
F
G
Dm
BbDiagram coming soon
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro: C Am C F C G C verse 1: C 14A, window seat, tennis shoes and faded jeans. C F C Nervous as he tells me it's his first time on a plane. C F C We took off and headed East, I was thumbing through the magazines. C F C G He felt like talking and offered me his name. G F C G SO I asked him how he was G F C Dm And he smiled and said, Well son, F C I've been better, I've been worse Am G I've chased after pretty girls F C Dm Seen a couple places that I never though I't see F C G Am I've walked into harder times, and I've walked out the other side F C F It seems like you end up getting what you need F C F C Yeah, looking down from 30,000 feet, life's been good to me C Am C F C G C verse 2: C G C I've been out a month or so, another night, another show C F C G One hundred different cities, they all just seem the same C F C He asked me what it must be like, singing songs under the lights C F C G Well, it's got its moments, just the same as anything G C I miss my town, I miss my wife F C Dm But I'm up here with you tonight F C I've been better, I've been worse Am G I have loved a pretty girl F C Dm Seen a couple places that I never though I't see F C G Am I've walked into harder times, and I've walked out the other side F C F IT seems like you end up getting what you need F C F C Yeah, looking down from 30,000 feet, life's been good to me C Am C F C G C Good to me Bridge: F Am F C Sometimes we can get lost living in the here and now F C Am Bb G F Sometimes it takes the sky to see what's the ground C Am C F C G C F C I've been better, I've been worse Am G I've chased after pretty girls F C Dm Seen a couple places that I never though I't see F C G Am I've walked into harder times, and I've walked out the other side F C F IT seems like you end up getting what you need F C F C Yeah, looking down from 30,000 feet, life's been good to me C Am C F C G C Outro
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Chord set
C · Am · F · G · Dm · Bb
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.