The Tragically Hip
Fly
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Capo 2nd Fret
C G F
Seventy days to cross the ocean
C G F
Seventy nights where no one’s gonna hear me fall
C G F
Freddie Mercury, “I’ve sometimes wished
F
I’d never been born at all”
C G F
I remain unphotographed yea
C G F
I don’t exaggerate my intelligence
C G F
I might turn a broom into a tree
F
But I’ll never be one of them
Am F C F
I fly, cause there’s no why in getting beaten up by
Am F G
a guy who cries before he fights
C G F
I don’t want em to see me like this
C G F
The way they like to kick people when their down
C G F
You said, ‘please stop worrying bout this
F
They stop kicking once you’re down’
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C G F
There’s Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
C G F
There’s Moonbeam, Ontari-ari-o
C G F
There are places I’ve never been
F
and always wanted to go
Am F C F
I fly, cause woe betide a guy who just lives to fight
Am F G
Fly, love is to try and die trying
A Bb C
Fly, yea, that’s right
A Bb C D
Fly, yea, that’s right
A Bb C D F G
Try, love is to try and die trying
Am F C F
Am F G (Through solo)
C G F
Coastline rising out of the ocean
C G F
Coastline rises like a pair of glowing thighs
C G F
Theres something down deep inside me says,
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‘Where ya been all my life.’
Am F C F
Fly, turn your back, get your face in the sky
Am F G
Fly, love is to try and die trying
Am F C F
Try, left and right, across your mind
Am F G
Try, love is to try and die trying
C G F
C G F
C G F
C G F
C…….(fade)
