If I Could Only Fly
 
By Blaze Foley - Written by Michael David Fuller
 
Album: Live At The Austin Outhouse
 

D A x 2

  D                        G
I almost felt you touchin' me just now
  D                        A
I wish I knew which way to turn and go
  D                  G
I feel so good and I feel so bad
A                    D   G   D
Wonder what I oughta do

           G
If I could only fly
            D
If I could only fly
             A
I'd bid this place goodbye
                    D    D7
To come and be with you
          G
But I can hardly stand
               D
Got nowhere to run
        A
Another sinkin' sun
                D
One more lonely night

D                                G
The wind keeps blowin' somewhere every day
D                                        A
They tell me things get better somewhere up the way
D                       G
Just dismal thinkin' on a dismal day
A                D
Sad songs for us to bear

SOLO - Play chorus through with improvisation

           G
If I could only fly
             D
If you could only fly
            A
If we could only fly
                          D
There'd be no more lonely nights


         D
You know sometimes I write happy songs
G
But then sometimes little things are wrong
D                              A
You know I wish they all could make you smile
D
Tomorrow maybe we can get away
G
I'm coming home soon and I want to stay
       A                           D
I wish you could come with me when I go again

           G
If I could only fly
                D
If I could only fly
             A
I'd bid this place goodbye
            D          D7
To come and be with you
          G
But I can hardly stand
               D
Got nowhere to run
        A
Another sinkin' sun
                D
One more lonely night

           G
If I could only fly
             D
If you could only fly
            A
If we could only fly
                          D
There'd be no more lonely nights