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Expecting To Fly

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Expecting To Fly by Buffalo Springfield as played by Emily Haines
DThere you stood on the Amedge of your feather
GExpecting to Afly
DWhile I left, I wAmondered whether
GI could wave goodAbyDe
GKnowin' that you'd Cgone
DmBy the summer Git was healing
CWe had said gooFdbye
DmAll the years we'd spGent with feeling
CEnded with a Fcry
FBabe, endeEmd with a cDmry
FBabe, endeEmd with a cDmryD  
DI tried so Amhard to stand
As I Gstumbled and fell to the Aground
DSo hard to Amlaugh as I fumbled
And Greached for the love I AfounDd
GKnowin' it was Cgone
DmIf I never Glived without you
CNow you know I'd Dmdie
If I never Gsaid I loved you
CNow you know I'd Dmtry
FBabe, now you kEmnow I'd Dmtry
FBabe, now you kEmnow I'd tDmry
EmBabe
I looked at the other tabs, but I wasn't exactly satisfied by all the chords, so I 
watched Emily play and came up with these ones. I play this song one the piano and it sounds 
good to me, I hope it sounds good to you too.

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Expecting To Fly

by Emily Haines

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Expecting To Fly by Buffalo Springfield as played by Emily Haines

D Am

There you stood on the edge of your feather

G A

Expecting to fly

D Am

While I left, I wondered whether

G A D

I could wave goodbye

G C

Knowin' that you'd gone

Dm G

By the summer it was healing

C F

We had said goodbye

Dm G

All the years we'd spent with feeling

C F

Ended with a cry

F Em Dm

Babe, ended with a cry

F Em Dm D

Babe, ended with a cry

D Am

I tried so hard to stand

G A

As I stumbled and fell to the ground

D Am

So hard to laugh as I fumbled

G A D

And reached for the love I found

G C

Knowin' it was gone

Dm G

If I never lived without you

C Dm

Now you know I'd die

If I never said I loved you

C Dm

Now you know I'd try

F Em Dm

Babe, now you know I'd try

F Em Dm

Babe, now you know I'd try

Babe

I looked at the other tabs, but I wasn't exactly satisfied by all the chords, so I

watched Emily play and came up with these ones. I play this song one the piano and it sounds

good to me, I hope it sounds good to you too.

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