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If I Could Only Fly

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CI almost felt you touchin' me Fjust now 
CI wish I knew which way to Gturn and go 
CI feel so good then I Ffeel so bad 
GWonder what I oughta Cdo F  C  
If I could Fonly fly 
If I could Conly fly 
I'd bid this Gplace goodbye 
To come and be with Cyou 
But I can Fhardly stand 
Got noCwhere to run 
Another Gsinkin' sun 
One more lonely Cnight F  C  
CThe wind keeps blowin' somewhere Fevery day
CThey tell me things get better somewhere Gup the way 
CJust dismal thinkin' on a Fdismal day 
GSad songs for us to Cbear F  C  
  C    F    GCFC x2
CYou know sometimes I write happy songs 
FBut then sometimes little things are wrong 
CYou know I wish they all could Gmake you smile 
CTomorrow maybe we can get away 
FI'm coming home soon and I want to stay 
GI wish you could come with me when I Cgo again F  C  
If I could Fonly fly 
If I could Conly fly 
I'd bid this Gplace goodbye 
To come and be with CyouF  C  
But I can Fhardly stand
Got noCwhere to run
Another Gsinkin' sun
One more lonely Cnight 
If I could Fonly fly 
If you could Conly fly 
If we could Gonly fly 
There'd be no more lonely CnightsF  C  

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If I Could Only Fly

by Blaze Foley

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Capo 2 (optional)

C F

I almost felt you touchin' me just now

C G

I wish I knew which way to turn and go

C F

I feel so good then I feel so bad

G C F C

Wonder what I oughta do

If I could only fly

I'd bid this place goodbye

To come and be with you

But I can hardly stand

Got nowhere to run

Another sinkin' sun

C F C

One more lonely night

C F

The wind keeps blowin' somewhere every day

C G

They tell me things get better somewhere up the way

C F

Just dismal thinkin' on a dismal day

G C F C

Sad songs for us to bear

C F G

CFC x2

You know sometimes I write happy songs

But then sometimes little things are wrong

C G

You know I wish they all could make you smile

Tomorrow maybe we can get away

I'm coming home soon and I want to stay

G C F C

I wish you could come with me when I go again

If I could only fly

I'd bid this place goodbye

C F C

To come and be with you

But I can hardly stand

Got nowhere to run

Another sinkin' sun

One more lonely night

If I could only fly

If you could only fly

If we could only fly

C F C

There'd be no more lonely nights

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