REO Speedwagon – Time For Me To Fly (Bass Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G)
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As with my other tabs, I've tried to keep the measures linear to help get a sense of rhythm. As such, when you see an "A", fret the string on the 10th fret, a "B" means the 11th fret, and so on. There were a couple of measures that were tabbed out as 16th notes, and the next time the same rhythm came up, I have you refer back to the previous spacing. This was done to keep the tab printable on one page without messing up the lines.
[INTRO]
G:--------|--------|--------|-----------|
D:--------|--------|--------|-----------|
A:--------|--------|--------|-----------|
D:--------|------7//C~~~~~~~~~~~~---7/C-|
[VERSE] D A I've been around for you And been up and down for you G D D G D But I just can't get any relief D A I've swallowed my pride for you and lived and lied for you G D D G D But you still make me feel like a thief A G D You got me stealing your love away 'cause you never give it A G D Peeling the years away and we can't relive it G D G D Oh, I make you laugh And you make me cry A D I believe it's time for me to fly
  D        A        G        D                D        A        G        D
G:--------|--------|--------|----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|----5---5-5-54--|--------|--------|--------|---5-55-|
A:C------5|4------4|2------0|5--5-5-5-------0|5------5|4------4|2------0|5-5-5--4|
D:--------|--------|--------|----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
                             1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &                          (<-As before)

  A        G   D    A        G   D    G  D     G  D     A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------|
D:---9-7--|--5-----|---9-7--|--5-----|--5-----|--5-----|----------|
A:-------5|-5------|-------5|-5------|-5------|-5------|----------|
D:77------|5--0-4-5|77------|5--0-4-5|7--0-4-5|7--0-4-5|7~~~~~~7\-|

[BRIDGE]
  D    G   A    G   D    G   A    G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:0-0--5-5|7-7--5-5|0-0--5-5|7-7--5-5|
[VERSE] D A You said we'd work it out You said that you had no doubt G D D G D G D That deep down we were really in love D A Oh, but I'm tired of holding on to a feeling I know is gone G D D G D G D I do believe that I've had enough A G D I've had enough of the falseness of a worn out relation A G D Enough of the jealousy and the intoleration G D G D Oh, I make you laugh and you make me cry A G D G D I believe it's time for me to fly
  D        A        G        D                D        A        G        D
G:--------|--------|--------|----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|----5---5-54----|--------|--------|--------|---5-554|
A:55-5-5-5|00-0-0--|--------|5--5-5-5-------0|55-5-5-5|00-0-0--|--------|5-5-5--4|
D:--------|------04|55-5-5-5|----------------|--------|------04|55-5-5-5|--------|
                16th         1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &                16th      (<-As before)

  A        G   D    A        G   D    G  D     G  D     A        D        D
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:---9-7--|--5-----|---9-7--|--5-----|--5-----|--5-----|--------|-----5-5|--------|
A:-------5|-5------|-------5|-5------|-5------|-5------|--------|--5-----|--------|
D:77------|5--0-4-5|77------|5--0-4-5|7--0-4-5|7--0-4-5|7~~~~~~7\0-------|0-0-----|
[CHORUS] A G D Oh, I've got to set myself free (Time for me to fly) A G D And that's just how it's got to be Oh oh (Time for me to fly) G A I know it hurts to say goodbye G A But it's time for me to flyyyyy-yy-yy-yy-yy-yy
  A        G  D     A        G  D     G        A        G        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--5-----|--------|--5-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|-5------|--------|-5------|---5A---|---7C---|---5A---|---7C---|
D:77--77--|5--0-4-5|77--77--|5--0-4-5|5-------|7-------|5-------|7-------|

[INSTRUMENTAL]
  D        D        G        G        A        A        D        D
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|5---55--|5---55--|----77--|----77--|--------|--------|
A:5--055-0|5--055--|---5---5|---5---5|0--7---7|0--7---0|5--055-0|5-5-----|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Oh, don't you know it's... [CHORUS] A G D Time for me to fly Oh, I've got to set myself free (Flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy) A G D Oh oh oh Baby that's just how it's got to be Oh oh (Time for me to fly) (Flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy) G A G A I know it hurts to say goodbye But it's time for me to fly-yyyy-yyyyy-yyyyyyy (Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhh)
  A        G  D     A        G  D     G        A        G        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--5-----|--------|--5-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|-5------|--------|-5------|---5A---|---7C---|---5A---|---7E---|
D:77--77--|5--0-4-5|77--77--|5--0-4-5|5-------|7-------|5-------|7-------|
[CODA] G A It's time for me to fly-yy-yy-yy (Ahhhhhhh Ahhhhhh) D G A It's time for me to fly-yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy (It's time for me to flyyyyyyyy) G D G A It's time for me to fly-yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy (It's time for me to flyyyyyyyy) G D G A It's time for me to fly-yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy (It's time for me to flyyyyyyyy) G D It's time for me to flyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
  G        A        D    G   A    G   D    G   A    G   D    G   A    G   D
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--0-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:---5A---|---7C---|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:5-------|7-------|0----5--|7-7--5--|0-0--5--|7-7--5--|0-0--5--|7-7--5--|0~~~~~~~|
Tabbed by Michael Oxner [email protected] February 24, 2014