The Jam – Fly (Guitar Intro Tab)
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"Fly" by The Jam off their 1978 album All Mod Cons.
ote: This one is surprisingly complex. The tab in the intro can also be used for the verse. Other versions
don't specify this, but the chord sequence does change in the first verse; you can still use the same rhythms.
I'm also not entirely sure about the Dmaj9/F# at the end, but I tried to capture that dissonance. Let me know
if you have better ideas.
[Chords] [Breaks + Outro]
D6sus2 = xx0x57 A/D = x-x-0-x-10-9 D = x5777x
D6sus4 = xx00x5 D* = xx0x32 A/D = x5765x
Dmaj11 = xx0x79 A = 57765x G/D = x5543x
Dsus2* = x-x-0-x-x-12 Amaj7 = 57665x E = x79997
D6 = xx0x77 A7 = 57565x B = 79987x
Dsus4* = xx0x53 (Dsus4sus2) A6 = 5x465x A = 577655
Dsus2 = xx0230 Bsus4 = 779977 F#m = 244222
D = xx0x75 B7 = 797877 G = 355433
D6sus4* = xx0x87 Dmaj9/F# = 200220
[Riff 1]
e|-------------------7--9--|-7-----------------------| B|----------7--8--10-------|----10----7--7-----------| *Played during last line of verse. G|----7--9-----------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + [Chorus Sequence] A A6 Bsus4 B7 e|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------7-----|----------(7)----| B|--------pb17---b14-------| |--------pb17---b14h15----|-----------------|-------7---------| G|-------------------------| x3 |-------------------------|-------9-------9-|-----8-----------| *Played D|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-----9-----------|---7-------------| during A|-------------------------| |-------------------------|---7-------------|-----------------| lyrics. E|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-7---------------|-7---------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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[Intro]
D6sus2 D6sus4 Dmaj11 Dsus2* D6sus2 D6sus4 Dmaj11 D6 e|-------7-----7--7-----7--|----5-----9--------12----|-7-----7--7--7--7--7--7--|----5-----9--------7\----| B|-------5-----5--5-----5--|----------7--------------|-------5--5--5--5--5--5--|---------/7--------7\----| G|-------------------------|----0--------------------|-------------------------|----0--------------------| D|-0-------0---------0-----|----0-----0-----0--0-----|-0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--|----0-----0--------0-----| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Dsus4* D6sus2 D6sus4 Dmaj11 Dsus2* D6sus2 D6sus4 Dsus2 e|-3-----7--7--7--7--7--7--|----5-----9--------12----|-7-----7--7--7--7--7--7--|----5--------0-----------| B|-5-----5--5--5--5--5--5--|----------7--------------|-------5--5--5--5--5--5--|-------------3-----------| G|-------------------------|----0--------------------|-------------------------|----0--------------------| D|-0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--|----0-----0-----0--0-----|-0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--|----0-----0--0-----------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Dsus2 e|-0--------0--------------|-0--------0--------------| B|----3-----------3--------|----3--------3-----------| G|-------2-----------2-----|-------2--------2--------| D|----------------------0--|-------------------0--0--| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Verse 1]
D6sus2 D Dmaj11 Dsus2* The way the sunlight flits across your skirt D6sus2 D Dmaj11 D6 Dsus4* Makes me feel I'm from another world D6sus2 D Dmaj11 Dsus2* To touch your face in the morning light D6sus2 D Dmaj11 Dsus2 I hope you're always gonna be around D6sus4* D A/D Dsus2* The times I struggle to understand why D6sus4* D A/D D6 Dsus4* The ancient proverbs like who am I? D6sus4* D A/D Dsus2* Why am I here, and what have I done? D6sus4* D D* I see the answer's place my trust in you
[Chorus]
A Amaj7 Trust in you, love, be with me there A7 A6 Bsus4 B7 That's when I want you, that's when I need you the most
[Verse 2]
D6sus4* D A/D Dsus2* I want us to be like Peter Pan, D6sus4* D A/D D6 Dsus4* But dreams, it seems, are weightless as sand D6sus4* D A/D Dsus2* And man supposedly is made of sand D6sus4* D D* It seems that man cannot survive at all
[Chorus]
A Amaj7 Let's disappear, love, let's fly away A7 A6 Bsus4 B7 Into the demi-monde, into the twilight zone
[Break 1]
D A/D G/D A/D x2
D A/D G/D A/D Ooooh x2
[Verse 3]
D6sus4* D A/D Dsus2* The times inside I spent screaming at you D6sus4* D A/D D6 Dsus4* Release me, please, from this mortal jail D6sus4* D A/D Dsus2* One shrug or smile can determine my fate D6sus4* D Dsus2 I'm lost for days and have myself to blame [Intstrumental Chorus] A Amaj7 A7 A6 e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|--------pb17---b14-------|--------pb16b17b14-------|--------pb16b17b14-------|--------pb16b17b14h15p14-| G|--------pb16---b13-------|--------pb15b16b13-------|--------pb15b16b13-------|--------pb15b16b13h14p13-| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Bsus4 B7 e|----------------7--------|----------------7--------| B|(12)------------------9--|----------7--------------| G|(11)------9--------------|-------8-----------------| D|-------9-----------------|-------------------------| A|----9--------------------|----9--------------------| E|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Break 2]
D A/D G/D A/D Ooooh x2 E B A B Ooooh x2
[Outro]
D D/A G/D D/A Something I'm giving D D/A G/D D/A Said is yours for the taking E B A B Something like sunlight E B A B Love is a spotlight D D/A G/D D/A Love is all sorrow D D/A G/D D/A Still I'll meet you tomorrow E B A B And look forward to see you E B A B Now I can't live without you D D/A G/D D/A e|-10-------9~-------------|----------------9--------| B|-------------------------|-10-------12-------10-12-| G|-------------------------|-------------------------| x2 D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| *Starts on "Love is all sorrow." E|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E B A B e|-12-------10~------------|----------------11-------| B|-------------------------|-12-------14-------12(14)| G|-------------------------|-------------------------| x2 D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| *Omit (14) second time. E|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
F#m G A G x4
Dmaj9/F#
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
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