Owl City - The Airway: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Airway" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A          Bm    F#m
When I am fast asleep
    A        Bm      F#m            D
I dream and see you floating high above me
A       Bm     F#m
And I awake at dawn
   A        Bm     F#m                 D
Before the rays of morning paint the front lawn
A           Bm      F#m
From on the bedroom floor
   A         Bm      F#m           D
I watch you sailing far above the seashore

In deep Atlantic skies
You float as I look aft to watch the moon rise
Above the avenue
I search among the clouds, trying to see you
But you are just a blur
In the sky when you parachute over the harbor

Chorus:
D      A  E
I can see
                   D        A    E
You above with the ocean around me
           D      A  E
If I could only stay
    F#m         D     A E
Overhead in the airway
     D      A   E
You sail through
                     D         A       E
Endless sky with the evening around you
             D       A  E
When I'm out on the bay
        F#m         D   A  E
You're aloft in the airway

When I'm alone at night
I dream you paint the stars against the twilight
Suspended in the air
I wish your silhouette would always stay there
When I am on the beach
I watch you held aloft way out of my reach
But I can not take flight
Or float upon the air the way that you might
When I am in the sea
You gazed down from the sky, trying to see me
But I am just a blur
Through the waves, as I scuba dive below the harbor

The airway
You and I in the airway
Aloft in the airway
In love on the airway

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Airway" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Airway" by Owl City.