Nelly – Fly Away (Guitar)

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Tabbed by: http://www.andreasvockrodt.de [Intro] Bb [Verse]
C         Dm
Free City

          Bb                       C
This is a shout out to every young brother ya know

      Dm
Thats doin his thing right now keep ya head up

    Bb         C                  Dm
Hes walkin the yard wishin he had wings

   Gm               F/A              C
Ya know so he could fly up out that joint man
[Chorus]
           Bb    C
If I could, fly away

Dm
Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more

Bb           C
I, I'd turn around,

        Dm
Just to see you for the last time,

Bb         C
See, now I know

Dm
Hey, that it won't be easy

       Gm                             F/A
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far

        C
I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard
[Interlude] Gm F/A C [Verse]
              Bb                         C
Man, it's the longest yard i ever had to get in my life

           Dm
And see my life ain't right, if my wife don't write

   Bb                      C
My niggas can't eat if the fish don't bite

      Dm
Might raise the gross sales, like Mike and Ike

    Bb            C
Now big brother almighty

  Dm
I keep a gamma ray, I'ma G-5 G

       Bb        C
Take a G-5 jeep, G-5 deep

         Dm
Too some of their bare feet and thet deep don't speak

Bb                        C
Listen maybe they lock it down right herre

    Dm
See body bag and gag and your found right herre

Bb                    C
This as serious as it sounds right herre

    Dm
The guards guard the ground, 4 pounds right herre

    Bb                            C
And they ain't playin, their just lettin you know

     Dm
That anything they want to happen, niggahappen real slow

        Bb                          C
Get the word from upstairs, put you in that hole

        Dm
I can't take it, I'm justready to go
[Chorus 2]
           Bb    C
If I could, fly away

Dm
Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more

Bb           C
I, I'd turn around,

        Dm
Just to see you for the last time,

Bb         C
See, now I know

Dm
Hey, that it won't be easy

       Gm                             F/A
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far

        C                                        Bb   C
I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard
[Interlude]
Dm                               Bb    C
Yeah yeah, its still the longest yard

Dm                           Bb    C
Uh uh, its still the longest yard

Dm
Um um, its still the longest yard

Bb                                   C                Dm
I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far
[Verse 2]
Bb                C
I'm in my cell 20 hours a day

         Dm
And doin push-ups every hour a day

                            Bb
Cause I'm tryin to keep the cowards away

               C
that's why I'm markin off the calender days

Dm
Tryin to get out of the way

Bb                          C
And im just tryin to keep a piece of mine

              Dm
And I'm gonna shame a motherfucker with a piece of mine

           Bb                       C
Cause he's tryin to take a piece of mine

                            Dm
So im gonna slice his ass a piece at a time

                  Bb
But now that they close the door

C            Dm
Lock me in a cell 30 deep but its built for 10

        Bb                      C
Tell me what kind of world they got you in

         Dm
With the barb wire fences, box you in

Bb                  C
From now, till they turn off the lights

     Dm
I'ma read anything in sight

                        Bb
Its kinda hard tryin to read at night

         C
But I'ma change my life

          Dm
And hope another brother take this flight
[Chorus 3]
           Bb    C
If I could, fly away

Dm
Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more

Bb           C
I, I'd turn around,

        Dm
Just to see you for the last time,

Bb         C
See, now I know

Dm
Hey, that it won't be easy

       Gm                             F/A
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far

        C                                        Bb   C
I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard
[Interlude]
Dm                               Bb    C
Yeah yeah, its still the longest yard

Dm                           Bb    C
Uh uh, its still the longest yard

Dm
Um um, its still the longest yard

Bb                                   C                Dm
I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far
[Bridge]
F
I gotta make it out this place some how

F
(Oohh no) Man I really believe that i done turne it around

F
(Oohh no) You see, all I need is that second chance to show,

F
since I crossed the ration, my obligationof rehabilitation

Bb C Dm
(Oohh no) They can punch me high, and they can kick me low

Bb C Dm
(Oohh no) But i mean its gonna take more thatn that for them to break my soul

Bb   C Dm                                                            Gm
(Oohh no) Man its hard for people to understand what its like to be, gated, incarcerated,

             F/A                              C
I just can't take it, but I'ma make it man to see better days
[Chorus 4]
           Bb    C
If I could, fly away

Dm
Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more

Bb           C
I, I'd turn around,

        Dm
Just to see you for the last time,

Bb         C
See, now I know

Dm
Hey, that it won't be easy

       Gm                             F/A
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far

        C                                        Bb   C
I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard
[Interlude]
Dm                               Bb    C
Yeah yeah, its still the longest yard

Dm                           Bb    C
Uh uh, its still the longest yard

Dm
Um um, its still the longest yard

Bb                                   C                Dm
I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far

           Bb    C     Dm
If I could, fly away

          Bb     C       Dm
If I could I turn around

           Bb    C    Dm
If I could, fly away