Faster Than My Angels Can Fly
Written by Eric Church & Michael P. Heeney
Recorded by Eric Church

(Capo on 3)

Intro.:  |(G) |(G) |(G) |(C7) | x 3

(G)Momma used to teach and Preacher used to preach, there's angels watching over (C7)me
They're (G)here to shield you, so you dont yield to the devil, when your soul gets (D)weak
But they're (G)hard to hear when you're jamming gears, and they're (C7)always hanging (G)back
Yeah, they try to chase but if they wanna save me, they (D)better step on the gas

(Chorus)
'Cause I'm living (G)faster than my (C7)angels can (G)fly
Yeah, I've been (C7)wearing the (D)wings off (G)mine
I'm bound to die outliving life faster than my (D)angels can (G)fly
Yeah, faster than my (D)angels can (G)fly

Inst.:  / / / |(G) |(G) |(C7)

There's (G)days I regret this hitch in my step, and scars on my boots and (C7)hands
All those (G)times I've rushed to get growed up in a hurry to become a (D)man
And the (G)promises I made and the hearts I break (C7)all in the name of (G)fun
Yeah, I apologize, but I've got no time for no (D)tie me up slow me down love

(Chorus)
'Cause I'm living (G)faster than my (C7)angels can (G)fly
Yeah, I've been (C7)wearing the (D)wings off (G)mine
I'm bound to die outliving life faster than my (D)angels can (G)fly
Yeah, faster than my (D)angels can (G)fly

(Bridge)
Yeah, (Em)I'm slowed down, I ain't (C)what I was
Still they ain't (G)got a prayer of ever (D)catching up
'Cause I was born to run, born to run, born to run

Inst.:  |(G) |(G) |(C7) |(G) |(G) |(G) |(G) |(G) |

(Chorus)
(G)Faster than my (C7)angels can (G)fly
Yeah, I've been (C7)wearing the (D)wings off (G)mine
Yeah, I'm bound to die outliving life faster than my (D)angels can (G)fly
Yeah, faster than my (D)angels can (G)fly

Outro.:  |(G) |(G) |(G) |(C7) | x repeat times to end