Chords for Neil Young - Expecting to Fly (Riverboat 1969)
Tempo:
98.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
F
G
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
All of a sudden, I've been uptight for two weeks [C] about playing and everything, because
[Bb] I never [F] really played by myself before.
[C] [D] So [G] I relaxed, you know, just before [Gm] the last set.
Now I'm relaxed and I [G] can hardly play.
[Gm]
[C] Is there anything anybody would like to hear?
[D] [Dm] Expecting to fly?
[C]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[A] [C] [D] [C]
There you stood [Gm] on the edge of your feather
[F] Expecting [G] to fly
[C] While I [Gm] laughed, I wondered whether
[F]
I could wave [G]
goodbye
[C] [F] Knowing that [Bb] you'd gone
[Cm] By the summer [F] it was healing, [Bb] we had said [Eb] goodbye
[Cm] All the [F] years we'd spent with [Bb] feeling ended [Eb] with a cry
Pain [Bb]
ended [Eb] with a cry
Pain [Bb] ended [C] with a cry
I tried so [Gm] hard to stand
[F] As I stumbled and fell to [G] the ground
[C] So hard [Gm] to laugh as I fumbled
[F] And reached for the love [G] I'd [C] found
[F] Knowing [Bb] it was gone
[Cm] If I [F] ever lived without you, [Bb] now you [Eb] know I'd die
[Cm] If I [F] ever said I loved [Bb] you, now you [Eb] know I'd try
Baby, [Bb]
now [Eb] you know I'd try
Baby, [Bb] now [C] you know I'd try
[N]
[B] [Bbm]
[Bb] I never [F] really played by myself before.
[C] [D] So [G] I relaxed, you know, just before [Gm] the last set.
Now I'm relaxed and I [G] can hardly play.
[Gm]
[C] Is there anything anybody would like to hear?
[D] [Dm] Expecting to fly?
[C]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[A] [C] [D] [C]
There you stood [Gm] on the edge of your feather
[F] Expecting [G] to fly
[C] While I [Gm] laughed, I wondered whether
[F]
I could wave [G]
goodbye
[C] [F] Knowing that [Bb] you'd gone
[Cm] By the summer [F] it was healing, [Bb] we had said [Eb] goodbye
[Cm] All the [F] years we'd spent with [Bb] feeling ended [Eb] with a cry
Pain [Bb]
ended [Eb] with a cry
Pain [Bb] ended [C] with a cry
I tried so [Gm] hard to stand
[F] As I stumbled and fell to [G] the ground
[C] So hard [Gm] to laugh as I fumbled
[F] And reached for the love [G] I'd [C] found
[F] Knowing [Bb] it was gone
[Cm] If I [F] ever lived without you, [Bb] now you [Eb] know I'd die
[Cm] If I [F] ever said I loved [Bb] you, now you [Eb] know I'd try
Baby, [Bb]
now [Eb] you know I'd try
Baby, [Bb] now [C] you know I'd try
[N]
[B] [Bbm]
Key:
C
Bb
F
G
Gm
C
Bb
F
_ _ _ _ _ All of a sudden, I've been uptight for two weeks _ [C] about playing and everything, because
[Bb] I never [F] really played by myself before.
[C] _ [D] So [G] I relaxed, you know, just before [Gm] the last set.
Now I'm relaxed and I [G] can hardly play.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ Is there anything anybody would like to hear? _
[D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Expecting to fly?
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ There you stood [Gm] on the edge of your feather
_ [F] _ _ _ Expecting [G] to fly
_ _ [C] _ While I _ [Gm] laughed, I wondered whether
[F] _
I could wave [G] _ _
goodbye
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] Knowing that [Bb] you'd gone _ _ _ _
[Cm] By _ the summer [F] it was healing, [Bb] we had said [Eb] goodbye _
_ [Cm] All the [F] years we'd spent with [Bb] feeling ended [Eb] with a cry
_ _ Pain _ [Bb] _ _ _
ended [Eb] with a cry
_ Pain _ _ [Bb] _ ended [C] with a cry
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tried so [Gm] hard to stand
[F] As I stumbled and fell to [G] the ground
_ [C] _ So _ hard [Gm] to laugh as I fumbled
[F] And reached for the love [G] I'd _ _ [C] found
_ _ _ [F] _ Knowing [Bb] it was gone _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ If I [F] ever lived without you, [Bb] now you [Eb] know I'd die
_ [Cm] If I [F] ever said I loved [Bb] you, now you [Eb] know I'd try
_ Baby, _ [Bb] _ _
now [Eb] you know I'd try
_ _ Baby, _ [Bb] _ _ now [C] you know I'd try _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bbm] _
[Bb] I never [F] really played by myself before.
[C] _ [D] So [G] I relaxed, you know, just before [Gm] the last set.
Now I'm relaxed and I [G] can hardly play.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ Is there anything anybody would like to hear? _
[D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Expecting to fly?
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ There you stood [Gm] on the edge of your feather
_ [F] _ _ _ Expecting [G] to fly
_ _ [C] _ While I _ [Gm] laughed, I wondered whether
[F] _
I could wave [G] _ _
goodbye
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] Knowing that [Bb] you'd gone _ _ _ _
[Cm] By _ the summer [F] it was healing, [Bb] we had said [Eb] goodbye _
_ [Cm] All the [F] years we'd spent with [Bb] feeling ended [Eb] with a cry
_ _ Pain _ [Bb] _ _ _
ended [Eb] with a cry
_ Pain _ _ [Bb] _ ended [C] with a cry
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tried so [Gm] hard to stand
[F] As I stumbled and fell to [G] the ground
_ [C] _ So _ hard [Gm] to laugh as I fumbled
[F] And reached for the love [G] I'd _ _ [C] found
_ _ _ [F] _ Knowing [Bb] it was gone _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ If I [F] ever lived without you, [Bb] now you [Eb] know I'd die
_ [Cm] If I [F] ever said I loved [Bb] you, now you [Eb] know I'd try
_ Baby, _ [Bb] _ _
now [Eb] you know I'd try
_ _ Baby, _ [Bb] _ _ now [C] you know I'd try _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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