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Given To Fly

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[Verse 1]
Ghe could have turned in...turned in..but he turned out
a bad time, nothing could save himD  
Galone in a corridor, waiting, locked out
he got up out of their way, ran for hundreds of Dmiles
Ghe made it to the ocean, had a smoke and a tea
the wind rose up, set him down on his kneDes
GA wave came crashin' like a fist to the jaw
delivered him.. wings high, look at him nDow
Garms wide open with the sea as he's flung
oh how...ohhhh...D  
[Chorus]
      C9Mute    C9   C9/B   G(repeat)       G  D  
he is flyin...ohhh....high....whyyy....ohhhh.....
[Verse 2]
Ghe floated back down cause he wanted to share
this key to the locks on the chains he sDaw everywhere...
Gbut first he was stripped, and then he was stabbed
by a faceless man, the fuckers
he Dstill stands...
Gand he still gives his love, he just gives it away
the love he receives is the love tDhat is saved
Gand sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky...
                                        D
A HUMAN BEING THAT WAS GIVEN TO FLY
      C9Mute    C9   C9/B   G(repeat)       G  D  
he is flyin...ohhh....high....whyyy....ohhhh.....
Transcribed by: Mike Baker
http://www.mcs.net/~ubbaker

The story behind the song

"Given to Fly" is a song by American rock band Pearl Jam, with music written by guitarist Mike McCready and lyrics by vocalist Eddie Vedder. McCready developed the guitar riff for the song during a snowy day in Seattle when he was stuck in his condo. Released as the first single from the band's fifth studio album, Yield (1998), "Given to Fly" was the album's most popular single. It was later included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003).

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Given To Fly

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Lyrics & chords · Original key

[Verse 1]

he could have turned in...turned in..but he turned out

a bad time, nothing could save him

alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out

he got up out of their way, ran for hundreds of miles

he made it to the ocean, had a smoke and a tea

the wind rose up, set him down on his knees

A wave came crashin' like a fist to the jaw

delivered him.. wings high, look at him now

arms wide open with the sea as he's flung

oh how...ohhhh...

[Chorus]

C9 C9 C9/B G G D

Mute (repeat)

he is flyin...ohhh....high....whyyy....ohhhh.....

[Verse 2]

he floated back down cause he wanted to share

this key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere...

but first he was stripped, and then he was stabbed

by a faceless man, the fuckers

he still stands...

and he still gives his love, he just gives it away

the love he receives is the love that is saved

and sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky...

A HUMAN BEING THAT WAS GIVEN TO FLY

C9 C9 C9/B G G D

Mute (repeat)

he is flyin...ohhh....high....whyyy....ohhhh.....

Transcribed by: Mike Baker

http://www.mcs.net/~ubbaker

About Given To Fly Chords by Pearl Jam

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