Chords for Merle Haggard Live If I Could Only Fly
Tempo:
89.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#m
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[B] [A#]
[E] [B] [E]
I almost felt you [A] touch me just now
[E] I wish I knew which way [B] to turn and go
[E] feel so good [A] and I feel so bad
[B] I wonder what I ought [E] to do
[E] [D] [C#m] [Bm] [A] If I could only fly, [E] if I could only fly I'd bid [B] this place goodbye to [F#] come and [E] be with you
stand and I [E] got nowhere to run
[E] [B] [E]
I almost felt you [A] touch me just now
[E] I wish I knew which way [B] to turn and go
[E] feel so good [A] and I feel so bad
[B] I wonder what I ought [E] to do
[E] [D] [C#m] [Bm] [A] If I could only fly, [E] if I could only fly I'd bid [B] this place goodbye to [F#] come and [E] be with you
stand and I [E] got nowhere to run
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C#m
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[B] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I almost felt you _ [A] touch me just now _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ I wish I knew which way [B] to turn and go
I _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ feel so good [A] and I feel so bad _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ I wonder what I ought [E] to do
[A] _ _
[E] _ [D] _ [C#m] _ [Bm] [A] If I could only fly, _ _ _ _ [E] if I could only fly I'd _ bid [B] this place goodbye _ _ _ to [F#] come and [E] be with you
But _ [D] _ [C#m] [A] I can hardly _ stand and I [E] got nowhere to run
_ _ _ _ Another [B] sinking sun and _ one more [E] lonely night _ _ _ _ _ _ The wind keeps blowing somewhere _ every [A] day _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ Tell me things get better [B] somewhere _ up the way _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ It's dismal thinking on [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ sad songs [E] for us to [A] bear
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [G#] _
[C#m] [B] If [A] I could only fly, _ _ _ _ [E] if we could only fly _ _ _ If [B] we could only fly, _ _ there'd be no more [E] lonely nights
[A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ You know sometimes I write happy songs _ [A] _ _ then some little thing goes [E] wrong
_ And I wish they all could [B] make you smile
I'm _
_ [D#] _ [E] _ coming home soon and I want to stay _ [A] Maybe [E] we can [A] somehow get away
_ _ [B] _ And I wish you could come with me [E] when I go here
But _ [D] _
[C#m] _ [Bm] [A] if I could only fly, _ _ _ [E] if I could only fly I'd [B] bid this place [F#] goodbye [B] to _ come and be [E] with you
But _ _ [Bm] _
[C#m] _ [A] I can hardly stand _ and I got [E] nowhere to run _ _
_ [B] Another sinking sun _ _ [F#] and one more [E] lonely night
[A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
Thank you very much.
_ _ _ That was a song from mine and Willie's next album called The Fire. _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I almost felt you _ [A] touch me just now _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ I wish I knew which way [B] to turn and go
I _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ feel so good [A] and I feel so bad _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ I wonder what I ought [E] to do
[A] _ _
[E] _ [D] _ [C#m] _ [Bm] [A] If I could only fly, _ _ _ _ [E] if I could only fly I'd _ bid [B] this place goodbye _ _ _ to [F#] come and [E] be with you
But _ [D] _ [C#m] [A] I can hardly _ stand and I [E] got nowhere to run
_ _ _ _ Another [B] sinking sun and _ one more [E] lonely night _ _ _ _ _ _ The wind keeps blowing somewhere _ every [A] day _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ Tell me things get better [B] somewhere _ up the way _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ It's dismal thinking on [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ sad songs [E] for us to [A] bear
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [G#] _
[C#m] [B] If [A] I could only fly, _ _ _ _ [E] if we could only fly _ _ _ If [B] we could only fly, _ _ there'd be no more [E] lonely nights
[A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ You know sometimes I write happy songs _ [A] _ _ then some little thing goes [E] wrong
_ And I wish they all could [B] make you smile
I'm _
_ [D#] _ [E] _ coming home soon and I want to stay _ [A] Maybe [E] we can [A] somehow get away
_ _ [B] _ And I wish you could come with me [E] when I go here
But _ [D] _
[C#m] _ [Bm] [A] if I could only fly, _ _ _ [E] if I could only fly I'd [B] bid this place [F#] goodbye [B] to _ come and be [E] with you
But _ _ [Bm] _
[C#m] _ [A] I can hardly stand _ and I got [E] nowhere to run _ _
_ [B] Another sinking sun _ _ [F#] and one more [E] lonely night
[A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
Thank you very much.
_ _ _ That was a song from mine and Willie's next album called The Fire. _