[Intro]

      
      
      
      

[Verse 1]
            
There's a lady

         
 who's sure al

           
l that glitter

          
s is gold, and

         
 she's buying 

              
a stairway to 

 
heaven.
            
When she gets 

          
there she know

#          
s if the store

          
s are closed, 

         
with a word sh

              
e can get what

       
 she came for.

[Verse 2]

            
Ooh oo-oo-ooh,

        
 oo-oo-oo-ooh,

             
 and she's buy

             
ing a stairway

     
 to heaven.
             
There's a sign

             
 on the wall, 

          
but she wants 

            
to be sure, 'c

             
ause you know 

             
sometimes word

           
s have two mea

 
nings.

[Verse 3]

            
In a tree by t

         
he brook, ther

           
e's a songbird

          
 who sings, "S

         
ometimes all o

              
f our thoughts

         
 are misgiven.

"
      

[Chorus]

   
    Ooh,      

 
       it make

s me wonder.
     
  
Ooh,          

/ 
   it really m

akes me wonder

.
     

[Verse 4]

             
There's a feel

           
ing I get when

            
 I look to wes

             
t, and my spir

           
it is crying f

    
or leaving.
             
In my thoughts

           
 I have seen r

            
ings of smoke 

              
through the tr

             
ees and the vo

           
ices of those 

          
who stand look

 
ing.
 

[Chorus]

  
         Ooh, 

  
             i

t makes me won

der.
     
  
Ooh,          

/ 
   it really m

akes me wonder

.
     

[Verse 5]

             
And it' whispe

           
red that soon,

            
 if we all cal

              
l the tune, th

             
en the piper w

           
ill lead us to

  
 reason.
             
And a new day 

           
will dawn for 

            
those who stan

              
d long, and th

             
e forests will

        
 echo with lau

 
ghter.
 

[Chorus]

    
     
  
        Ohhh.

/ 
     

[Verse 6]

            
If there's a b

/            
ustle in your 

            
hedgegrow, don

              
't be alarmed 

             
now. It's just

           
 a spring clea

          
n for the may 

 
queen.
             
Yes, there are

           
 two paths you

            
 can go by. Bu

              
t in the long 

             
run, there's s

           
till time to c

          
hange the road

 
 you're on.
 

[Chorus]

  
              

/ 
   And it make

s me wonder.
     
  
        Ohhh.

/ 
     

[Verse 7]

            
Your head is h

/            
umming and it 

            
won't go. In c

              
ase you don't 

             
know, the pipe

           
r's calling yo

      
u to join him.
          
Dear lady, can

              
 you hear the 

            
wind blow. And

             
 did you know,

              
 your stairway

          
 lies on the w

 
hispering wind

.
 

[Bridge]

      
Ohhh.

   

   

   
Cadd9(#11) Cadd9 Cadd9(#11) Cadd9
   
Cadd9(#11) Cad

      
d9 G6

[Guitar Solo]

                 
           

[Coda]

           
And as we wind

             
 on down the r

           
oad, our shado

             
ws taller than

     
 our soul...
            
There walks a 

            
lady we all kn

           
ow, who shines

             
 white light a

            
nd wants to sh

ow...
           
How everything

              
 still turns t

          
o gold, and if

             
 you listen ve

   
ry hard...
            
The tune will 

             
come to you at

          
 last, when al

             
l are one and 

       
one is all...
           
To be a rock a

          
nd not to roll

!

[Outro]

      
N.C.

     
And she's buying a stairway to heaven...