• Song:

    To Live's To Fly

  • Artist:

    Townes Van Zandt

INTRO RIFF 
 
e | ----7--7--7--5--5--5--------0--0--0------------------- 
B | ----8--8--8--7--7--7--------2--2--2--3--3--3---------- 
G | ----0--0--0--7--7--7--------2--2--2--2--2--2---------- 
D | ----0--0--0--0--0--0--------2--2--2--0--0--0---------- 
A | ----------------------------0--0--0------------------- 
E | ------------------------------------------------------ 
(Intro riff*4) 
                      
G5           D5              G5           D5 
Won't say I love you babe, Won't say I need you babe 
D5             A5                   G5               D5 
But I'm gonna get you babe, and I will not do you wrong 
G5              D5                 G5          D5 
Livin's mostly wasting time, and I waste my share of mine 
D5            A5                  G5                D5 
But It never feels too good, so lets not take to long 

1: 
          G5       D5                G5      A5 
Oh you're soft as glass, and I'm a gentle man 
          D5              A5          
And we've got the sky to talk about 
        G5             D5 
And the world to lie upon  

(Intro riff*2) 
 

G5           D5              G5              D5 
Days up and down they come like Rain on a conga drum 
D5              A5                G5              D5             
Forget most, remember some but don't turn none away 
G5             D5            G5              D5 
Everything is not enough & nothin' is too much to bear 
D5                    A5                    G5                    D5 
Where you've been is good and gone all you keep is the gettin' there 

2: 
   G5          D5        G5       A5 
To Live Is To Fly Both low and high 
   D5                  A5       
So shake the dust off of your broken wings 
        G5                D5         
And the sleep out of you eyes  
(Intro riff*2) 
 
Good-by to all my friends it's time to go again 
Just think about the poetry and the pickin' down the line 
I'll miss the system here the bottom's low and the treble's clear 
But it don't pay to think too much on the things you leave behind 
3: 
Oh I may be gone, But it won't be long 
I'll be a bringing back the melodies 
And the rhythms that I found  
(Intro riff under organ solo) 
 
We all got holes to fill & them holes are all that's real 
Some fall on you like a storm sometimes you dig your own 
The choice is yours to make, time is yours to take 
Some dive into the sea some toil upon the stone 
 
FINAL Chorus: 
To Live Is To Fly Both low and high 
So shake the dust off of your broken wings 
And the sleep out of you eyes 
Shake the dust off of your wings 
And the tears out of your eyes... 
 
(Intro riff, end on D5 )
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