{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1839740,"song":"If I Could Only Fly","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1839740-if-i-could-only-fly-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1839740?type=chord","rating":4.74762,"votes":107,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAlmost felt you touching me just now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wish I knew which way to turn and go [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI feel so good and then I feel so bad [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wonder what I ought to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I could only fly, if I could only fly [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’d bid this place goodbye and come and be with you [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I can hardly stand, and I got nowhere to run [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnother sinking sun, and one more lonely night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWind keeps blowing somewhere everyday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell me things get better somewhere up the way [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust dismal thinking on a dismal day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd sad songs for us to bear[/tab]\r\n\r\nSolo over verse:\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I could only fly, if we could only fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf we could only fly, there'd be no more lonely nights[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou know sometimes I write happy songs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen some little thing goes wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish they all could make you smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nComin home soon and I want to stay [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nMaybe we could somehow get away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish you could come with me when I go again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I could only fly, if I could only fly [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’d bid this place goodbye and come and be with you [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I can hardly stand, and I got nowhere to run [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnother sinking sun, and one more lonely night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n*I also like to play this without the capo using E, A & B7 in place of C, F & G.  I alternate playing in \r\nstandard open positions with the chord inversions below (kinda like how Merle plays it live):\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] 0x6454\r\n[ch]A[/ch] x07655\r\n[ch]B7[/ch] x21202\r\n \r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAlmost felt you touching me just now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI wish I knew which way to turn and go [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI feel so good and then I feel so bad [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI wonder what I ought to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf I could only fly, if I could only fly [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B7[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI’d bid this place goodbye and come and be with you [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I can hardly stand, and I got nowhere to run [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnother sinking sun, and one more lonely night[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSolo over verse:\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*I also like to play this without the capo using E, A & B7 in place of C, F & G.  I alternate playing in \nstandard open positions with the chord inversions below (kinda like how Merle plays it live):\n\nE 0x6454\nA x07655\nB7 x21202\n \n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G","G7","E","A","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}