"Plane Crash"

"Plane Crash"
\Lyrics Written By: Rob Derhak

Lyrics Transcribed By: Jesse Jarnow & Alex Rosenfeld & Amy Ross

Debut: August 31, 1997
Official recording(s) (if any): Tin Cans and Car Tires, L

Up in the sky it's a bird
It's a plane - yeah it's a plane
I'm not afraid to fly, I'm not afraid
Yeah, I guess I'm afraid

Fear is a good thing
It teaches us humility
And it can keep us sane
So I'll fly if I have to
But if I could, I'd take the train

Livin' away from home
On the road all time
Ah, all the time
Driving up and down
And back and forth
No reason or rhyme
Yeah, you guessed right
Makes a grown man confront his fears
Consider options he'd normally decline
I'm gonna buy my ticket to fly
I'm gonna fly, I'm gonna fly

Strap me in tie me down
And roll me a bone
I'm gettin' on an airplane
And I'm flying home
Strap me in tie me down
I'm learning to fly
Drivin' 'cross the country
I get too fucking high
(Too fucking high)
I don't want to die
(Too fucking high)
Too fucking high
(Too fucking high)
Too fucking high
(Too fucking high)
Yeah!

(Removed Verse)*

Yeah they'll fly me so high
Twenty/Thirty thousand
That's pretty high
When they take off my chest sinks
My ears pop
I pray
I lie
I think about the network news
To torture myself
And to pass the time
Hear tell my seat cushion is a floatation device
Pray to god they ain't lying

Strap me in tie me down
And roll me a bone
I'm gettin' on an airplane
And I'm flying home
Strap me in tie me down
I'm learning to fly
Drivin' 'cross the country
I get too fucking high

(Too fucking high)
I don't want to die
(Too fucking high)
Too fucking high
(Too fucking high)
Too fucking high
(Too fucking high)
Yeah!

(Jam)

(Too fucking high)
I don't wanna die
(Too fucking high)
Too fucking high
(Too fucking high)
Too fucking high
(Too fucking high)
Too fucking high - high - high - high - high - high!
(Too fucking high)
Yeah!

*When the tune was written there was a different second half of the verse that used to appear at this point in the song. At the song's first performance at the High Sierra Mountain Fest in August 1997, Rob had the lyric sheet taped to the microphone. Somebody then took it. Apparently, they were his only copies of the lyrics. I guess he had most of it memorized except for this part, and he would often improvise on it during the Space Dog Tour. However, this verse was cut in the making of TC&CT:

Do you like to watch the news on the daily basis?
I gotta say it gives me the creeps
It's not unlike getting high and watching that movie about freaks...
I think it's called "Freaks"
There used to be a line that went right here in this song
Someone took it right off the stage and now it's gone...
It's gone...gone
I hear tell that all the networks sabotage the planes to create stories
They call them "news leaks"

On the album version, the string arrangement at the beginning (and middle/end) is very reminiscent of the standard theme in the musical score of the movie AIRPLANE!, the classic Zucker Brothers flick.

Rob:

I'm not much of a fan of flying, and sedation is the best way to make a long trip in the R.V. 'fly' by.

Plane Crash Guitar Tabs
Intro Al arpeggio's

e---------------4--------5-------------------------------------
B---3-------3---------6--------------------5-----3-----6----5--
G2-------4---------5-----------------------5-----4-----7----5---
D---------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------

Chuck and rest of the band with arpeggio's
D E7 F C G C D E7 F C G C D

During the verse Al plays
Dm Dm7 Em7 C Dm

Chuck follows these chords
Dm C G

Up in the sky it's a bird
C Dm C G C

It's a plane - yeah it's a plane
Dm C G C

I'm not afraid to fly, I'm not afraid Dm
C G C

Yeah, I guess I'm afraid Dm C Fear is a good thing
G C

It teaches us humility
Dm C G C

And it can keep us sane
Dm C G C

So I'll fly if I have to
Dm C G

But if I could, I'd take the train distorted guitar (single notes or power chords?)
D E F GGFE D EDCB Dm C

Livin' away from home
G C

On the road all time
Dm Dm7 Em7 C

Ah, all the time
Dm C

Driving up and down
G

And back and forth
C Dm

No reason or rhyme
C G C

Yeah, you guessed right
Dm C G C

Makes a grown man confront his fears
Dm C G C

Consider options he'd normally decline
Dm C G C

I'm gonna buy my ticket to fly
Dm C G

I'm gonna fly, I'm gonna fly chorus
D C

Strap me in tie me down
G D

And roll me a bone
D C

I'm gettin' on an airplane
G D

And I'm flying home
D C

Strap me in tie me down
G D

I'm learning to fly
D C

Drivin' 'cross the country
G D

I get too fucking high
DDDDDGGGCCD

(Too fucking high) I don't want to die
DDDDDGGGCCD

(Too fucking high) Too fucking high
DDDDDGGGCCD

(Too fucking high) Yeah!
Jam Dm C G C Dm

The plane crash jam/solo is in the key of D Minor. A good scale to use in this is D Dorian (Natural Minor w/ raised 6th).........

O O O
E---------------------------------7-8-10-12-13-15-
B-------------------------6-8-10--------------------
G-----------------5-7-9-----------------------------
D---------5-7-9-------------------------------------
A-5-7-8---------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

also, a little latin riff
E------10------10-------10-------10----------------
B------10------10-------10-------10----------------
G------10------10-------10-------10----------------
D--12------11-------10-------11--------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------

Plane Crash Bass Tabs
Transcribed by: Justin Lamb (JL2012@collegeclub.com)

Strings: D ,A ,D ,G
Symbols explanations: H: hammer on P: pull off +: slap .: pop \: slide up /: slide down --x~~x~~x: triplets ==================== |

intro and mid section
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -----------5-----5------------------------------------------------------------
D --0--2--3-----5---------------------------------------------------------------

> | pre verse
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D -----7--7-----7--7------------------------------------------------------------
A -----------5------------------------------------------------------------------
D --0---------------------------------------------------------------------------

> | verse
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D -----7--------5-----------------5---------------------------------------------
A --5-----5--3-----3-----3-----3-----3------------------------------------------
D --------------------3-----3---------------------------------------------------

> | pre chorus
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --5--3------------------------------------------------------------------------
D --------3--0------------------------------------------------------------------

> | chorus
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --5--5--5--3--3--3-----------5------------------------------------------------
D --------------------3--3--3---------------------------------------------------

> the mid section is the intro sped up alot