Merle Haggard – If I Could Only Fly (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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:
[Bridge]
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 in
standard open positions with the chord inversions below (kinda like how Merle plays it 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