These Old Wings by Anna Nalick
Album: Broken Doll & Odds & Ends
Track 7
2011


Standard Tuning
Capo on the 5th fret


Chords:

F:     x33211 or 133211
C:     x32010
Dm:    xx0321
Am:    x02210
G:     320003 or 320033

(To play without a capo replace the chords above by Bb, F, Gm, Dm & C)


  Intro:       F     C     x 4


F     C              Dm
 He raised his hand
          C                    F
 For the last time she could stand
          C          Dm         C
 And the room was a grave that night
F     C         Dm          C              F
 She left a note, it said "I'm not coming home"
          C            Dm        C
 It took courage, but she took flight

Am                  C             F      G
 And what are you really holding onto?
Am          C                     F                 G
 Life is a tightrope, and you're burning, burning, burning both ends
Am                C               F        G
 It don't always move the way it ought to
           Am        C      F         G
 But don't let the ground drag you around


       F        C
 And these old wings
       G
 Have been a long time
         Am
 Been a long time coming
   F        C
 These old wings
G               Am
 Just gotta be good for something
  F            C
 Burn these strings 
G          Am
 So I can see what these old 
   F       C
 Broken things
        G        Am
 What these old wings can do


F     C          Dm      C        F
 She sold the car for $1100 bucks
        C          Dm            C
 And a bottle of something sweet
F      C           Dm     C              F
 She caught a train and counted seven stops
      C             Dm          C
 And got off when she felt free

Am                  C             F      G
 And what are you really holding onto?
Am          C                     F                 G
 Life is a tightrope, and you're burning, burning, burning both ends
Am                C               F        G
 It don't always move the way it ought to
           Am        C      F         G
 But don't let the ground drag you around


       F        C
 And these old wings
       G
 Have been a long time
         Am
 Been a long time coming
   F        C
 These old wings
G               Am
 Just gotta be good for something
  F            C
 Burn these strings 
G          Am
 So I can see what these old 
   F       C
 Broken things
        G        Am
 What these old wings can do


Am    C   F   G
   Flyyyyyyyyyyy
Am    C   F   G
   Flyyyyyyyyyyy
     Am    C   F
   Flyyyyyyyyyyy
   G    F     G
   Old wings high

F      C           Dm
 She found herself
        C             F
 Where people go in gloom
        C             Dm       C
 For friends that are buried there
F      C         Dm   C           F
 She wrote a note to God in a balloon
      C            Dm    C
 And watched as it disappeared

Am                  C             F      G
 And what are you really holding onto?
Am          C                     F                 G
 Life is a tightrope, and you're burning, burning, burning both ends
Am                C               F        G
 It don't always move the way it ought to
           Am        C      F         G
 But don't let the ground drag you around


       F        C
 And these old wings
       G
 Have been a long time
         Am
 Been a long time coming
   F        C
 These old wings
G               Am
 Just gotta be good for something
  F            C
 Burn these strings 
G          Am
 So I can see what these old 
   F       C
 Broken things
        G        Am      F
 What these old wings can do

 F    C    G    Am    x 4

 End on Am