Transatlantic Flight Chords

KeyGm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays537

Transatlantic Flight by Electric Six is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Gm, Bb, Eb, Ab, Cm, Dm, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Gm
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Gm  Bb Eb x3 

Gm                             Bb          Eb 
Did I meet you, baby, on a transatlantic flight? 
Gm                      Bb             Eb 
JFK to Heathrow in the middle of the night. 
Ab                        Cm          Eb 
And if I am mistaken you must let me know. 
Gm                        Bb    Eb  Gm 
I'll take your leave and away I go. 

Bb     Eb    Gm 
Ooh.. ooh..       x4 

Gm                        Bb            Eb 
Taxi down the runway and sail into the sky. 
Gm                                     Bb              Eb 
I thought I caught your eye then, you seemed a little shy. 
Ab                                    Cm               Eb 
The captain's on the radio, he says "Buckle your seat tight" 
Gm                       Bb                     Eb 
"There's nasty weather; we're in for a bumpy flight" 

       Gm                  Dm 
In the event of a water landing, 
         Am          C                Gm 
You can use my body as a flotation device. 
             Dm 
It's getting cold now, 
         Am          C                 Gm 
You can use my body as a flotation device! 

Solo: 

Gm  Bb  Eb x2 
Ab  Cm  Eb 
Gm  Bb  Eb x4 

Gm                     Bb       Eb 
Headline of the paper reads a tragedy, 
  Gm                          Bb          Eb 
A fire in the night over the Nova Scotia sea, 
Ab                        Cm                 Eb 
There's no survivors, no signs of life are found, 
Gm                           Bb                 Eb 
The ocean a mute witness to what has just gone down. 
Gm                           Bb            Eb 
Did i meet you, baby, on a transatlantic flight? 
Gm                                      Bb           Eb 
The one that disappeared there in the middle of the night, 
Ab                                   Cm             Eb 
You know I loved you, baby, though I never got to show you, 
Gm                           Bb           Eb 
Seems we've an eternity for me to get to know you. 

        Gm                 Dm 
In the event of a water landing, 
         Am          C             Gm 
You can use my body as a flotation device. 
              Dm 
It's getting cold now, 
         Am          C               Gm    
You can use my body as a flotation device! 

Dm  Am  C  Gm   
Dm  Am  C 

Gm  Bb  Eb  Gm  Bb  Eb 

Gm           Bb   Eb 
Everybody's dead       x5 

Gm  Bb  Eb  x6 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante