"Walking in the Air" is the main song from the 1978 animated Christmas film "The Snowman" and is a great practice piece for beginners on any instrument. Low notes are a marked with a dot (.) and higher ones are with a caret (^).
Did you know? Originally sung by a young choir boy named Peter Auty, this song also been covered by Aled Jones, Annie Haslam, Cliff Richard, Elaine Paige, Nightwish, Sally Harmon, The Shadows, George Winston and many others.
A ^D-^D ^C ^C A
We're walking in the air
A ^D-^D ^C ^C A - F G
We're floating in the moonlit sky
G Bb-Bb A A-G
The people far below
D F - F E E D
Are sleeping as we fly
A ^D-^D ^C-^C A
We're holding very tight
A ^D-^D ^C ^C A - F G
I'm riding in the midnight blue
G Bb-Bb A A G
I'm finding I can fly
D F F-E E D
So high above with you
^D ^D - ^C ^C A
Far across the world
A ^D-^D-^C ^C A F G
The villages go by like trees
G Bb-Bb A A G
The rivers and the hills
D F-F E E D
The forest and the streams
^C# - ^D E F-G A
Children gaze open mouthed
B - ^C ^D B - G
Taken by surprise
D#-F-G A Bb-^C
Nobody down below
A - ^D ^C# A
Believes their eyes
A ^D-^D ^C ^C A
We're surfing in the air
A ^D - ^D ^C ^C A-F G
We're swimming in the frozen sky
G Bb-Bb A-A G-D
We're drifting over icy
F - F E - E D
Mountains floating by
^C#-D-E F - G A
Suddenly swooping low
B ^C ^D-B G
On an ocean deep
D#-F G G A-Bb
Rising of a mighty
^C - A ^D ^C# A
Monster from its sleep
A ^D - ^D ^C ^C A
We're walking in the air
A ^D - ^D ^C ^C A - F G
We're floating in the moonlit sky
G Bb-Bb A A-G
The people far below
D F - F E E D
Are sleeping as we fly
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