Guitar Lesson: Silver Wings - Merle Haggard

On a 707 airplane flying from Phoenix to Los Angeles, Merle Haggard wrote one of the most heartbreaking songs in his discography—“Silver Wings.” He was traveling with Bonnie Owens, his wife at the time, when inspiration struck.

“I looked out and those silver wings were just gleaming. I thought, ‘What a great premise for a song,’” he said in an interview with Uncut.

In “Silver Wings,” Haggard tells the melancholic story of watching someone leave and struggling to let them go. He mourns the loss of the relationship, creating a vivid image of standing in the airport and watching the one he loves fly away on the “silver wings” of an airplane.

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Lyrics:
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
They're taking you away, leaving me lonely
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
Don't leave me, I cry
Don't take that airplane ride
But you locked me out of your mind
And left me standing here behind
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
They're taking you away, leaving me lonely
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
They're taking you away, leaving me lonely
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight
Slowly fading out of sight

Songwriters: M Haggard


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