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If I Could Only Fly by Merle Haggard
If I Could Only Fly
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 4th fret
C F
Almost felt you touching me just now
C G
I wish I knew which way to turn and go
C F
I feel so good and then I feel so bad
G7 C F C
I wonder what I ought to do
Chorus:
F C
If I could only fly, if I could only fly
G C
I’d bid this place goodbye and come and be with you
F C
But I can hardly stand, and I got nowhere to run
G C
Another sinking sun, and one more lonely night
C F
Wind keeps blowing somewhere everyday
C G
Tell me things get better somewhere up the way
C F
Just dismal thinking on a dismal day
G7 C F C
And sad songs for us to bear
Solo over verse:
F C
If I could only fly, if we could only fly
G C
If we could only fly, there'd be no more lonely nights
C
You know sometimes I write happy songs
F
Then some little thing goes wrong
C G G7
And I wish they all could make you smile
C
Comin home soon and I want to stay
F
Maybe we could somehow get away
G C F C
And I wish you could come with me when I go again
Chorus:
F C
If I could only fly, if I could only fly
G C
I’d bid this place goodbye and come and be with you
F C
But I can hardly stand, and I got nowhere to run
G C
Another sinking sun, and one more lonely night
*I also like to play this without the capo using E, A & B7 in place of C, F & G. I alternate playing E & A
in standard open position with the following (kinda like how I've seen Merle do it playing live):
E 0x6454
A x07655
B7 x21202
[Verse]
E A
Almost felt you touching me just now
E B7
I wish I knew which way to turn and go
E A
I feel so good and then I feel so bad
B7 E A E
I wonder what I ought to do
[Chorus]
A E
If I could only fly, if I could only fly
B7 E
I’d bid this place goodbye and come and be with you
A E
But I can hardly stand, and I got nowhere to run
B7 E
Another sinking sun, and one more lonely night
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