Coming Up For Air Chords
by The Whitlams
Coming Up For Air by The Whitlams is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords C/E, C, E, F, Dm, G, Bb and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Another song the Key of Tim... Dm! This one's been a live favourite for a
year or two and has finally made it to CD on the Thankyou EP. The C/E
indicates that the chord is a C but the bass is inverting it by playing
the chord's 3rd (E) as the lowest note in the mix. The lead-in note to the
second F chord in the chorus is an E, I've notated it as e->F.
Intro:
Dm C/E F G
Verse:
Dm C/E F G
Glad you're here 'cause I need you tonight
Dm C/E F G
Chorus:
F C Dm
Yeah I'm coming up for air
e->F
Hello, how you doing up
C Dm
here? Gonna kiss you now with you
F C
I'm going up on my one knee
Dm e->F
In the middle of this it goes on forever
C Dm
Yeah, I'm coming up for air
Glad you're here 'cause I need you, I need you
Dm C/E F G
tonight
Chorus:
F C Dm
Yeah I'm coming up for air
e->F
Hello, how you doing up
C Dm
here?
Dm C/E F G
Dm C/E F G
How's your old boyfriend, the one after me?
Dm C/E F G
Dm C/E F G
He hasn't seen the piano from this angle has
Dm C/E F G
he?
Chorus:
F C Dm
Yeah I'm coming up for air
e->F
Hello, how you doing up
C Dm
here? Gonna kiss you now with you
F C
Going up on my one knee
Dm e->F
In the middle of this it goes on forever
C Dm
Yeah I'm coming up for air
Bridge:
Bb F
Let it all out
C Dm
The people round here can't hear themselves think
Bb F C
In the morning the planes
Gm
And we can sleep right
Gm
Sleep right through them
Instrumental break
Dm C/E F G
Dm C/E F G
Fine wine in the freezer, some cat whining on the stereo
Dm C/E F G
Dm C/E
Oh why did he leave her?
F G Dm C/E F G
Because we're all fools
Dm C/E F
My hand on your back, where your wings would've been
G
If you'd had a pair
Dm C/E F G
Now I'm not aching for you anymore
Chorus:
F C Dm
Yeah I'm coming up for air
e->F
Hello, how you doing up
C Dm
here? Gonna kiss you now with you
F C
I'm going up on my one knee
Dm
The middle of this it goes on forever
F C Dm
Yeah, I'm coming up for air
Instrumental
Bb F C Dm
Bb F C
In the morning the planes
Dm
we can sleep through them
Bb F
Let it all out
C Dm
The people round here can't hear themselves think
Bb F C
In the morning the planes
Gm
And we can sleep right
Gm
sleep right through them
Chorus:
F C Dm
Yeah I'm coming up for air
e->F
Hello, how you doing up
C Dm
here? Gonna kiss you now with you
F C
I'm going up on my one knee
Dm e->F
In the middle of this it goes on forever
C Dm
Yeah, I'm coming up for air
F C Dm
Yeah, I'm coming up for air
F C Dm
Yeah, I'm coming up for air