Dan Fogelberg – The Last Nail (Guitar)

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[Intro] C G Fmaj7 [Verse 1]
C          Am7       Em         Em7
 I saw you running ahead of the crowd

Fmaj7                          C         G
I chased but never thought I'd catch you

C             Am7              Em        Em7        Fmaj7
 You said you loved me but you had to be free and I let you

C          G
 Why did I let you
[Verse 2]
C           Am7                Em           Em7
We walked together through the gardens and graves

Fmaj7                        C     G
 I watched you grow to be a woman

C           Am7          Em     Em7     Fmaj7
 Living on promises that nobody gave to no one

                      C    Em   A
They were given to no one
[Interlude] (A) D Am D [Verse 3]
C          Am7             Em           Em7
I started listening to the wind and the rain

Fmaj7                                   C      G
 You strained your ears but could hear nothing

C            Am7                  Em         Em7
 One night I thought I heard them whisper my name

           Fmaj7
And I went running
[Verse 4]
C         Am7                 Em           Em7
 I left a trail of footprints deep in the snow

Fmaj7                       C         G
 I swore one day I would retrace them

C            Am7             Em            Em7         Fmaj7
 But when I turned around I found that the wind had erased them

                   C    Em    A
Now I'll never replace them
[Chorus]
G       Em                A         C
 Fly away, my sweet bird, over the land

G     Em                 A          C
 Take life for all the freedom you can

G       Em       A             C
 But if you ever should need a man

          A           C
Well, the offer still stands
[Interlude] C G Fmaj7 [Verse 5]
C              Am7        Em          Em7
 I hear you've taken on a husband and child

Fmaj7                         C       G
 And live somewhere in Pennsylvania

C          Am               Em        Em7                 Fmaj7
 I never thought you'd ever sever the string, but I can't blame you none

C           Am7            Em              Em7
 So let the ashes fall and lay where they will

Fmaj7                           C       G
 Just say that once you used to know me

C              Am                 Em         Em7
 One last time sing that old song we used to know

    Fmaj7            Fmaj7                Fmaj7          C     Em    A
But this time sing - (this time sing) Oh, this time sing a little more slowly
[Interlude] (A) D Am D [Chorus]
G       Em                A         C
 Fly away, my sweet bird, over the land

G     Em                 A          C
 Take life for all the freedom you can

G    Em          A             C
 But if you ever should need a man

          A           C
Well, the offer still stands
[Outro] C G Fmaj7 x3