Chords for REO Speedwagon "Time For Me To Fly" (The Midnight Special, March 1980)
Tempo:
164.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [A]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] I've been around for you, [A] been up and down for you, [G] but I just can't get any [D] relief.
I've swallowed my pride for you, [A]
lived and lied for you, [G] but you still make me feel like [D] a thief.
You got [A] me [D] stealing your [B] love away, [G] cause you [D] never give it.
Stealing the years [G] away, and we [D] can't [E] relive it.
make [D] you [E] laugh, [G] and you [D] make me cry.
[G] [D]
[G] [D] I've been around for you, [A] been up and down for you, [G] but I just can't get any [D] relief.
I've swallowed my pride for you, [A]
lived and lied for you, [G] but you still make me feel like [D] a thief.
You got [A] me [D] stealing your [B] love away, [G] cause you [D] never give it.
Stealing the years [G] away, and we [D] can't [E] relive it.
make [D] you [E] laugh, [G] and you [D] make me cry.
100% ➙ 164BPM
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ I've been _ around for you, [A] been up and down for you, [G] but I just can't get any [D] relief. _
_ _ _ _ _ I've swallowed my pride for you, [A] _
lived and lied for you, [G] but you still make me feel like [D] a thief. _
_ _ _ You got [A] me [D] stealing your [B] love away, [G] cause you [D] never _ give it.
_ [A] _
Stealing the years [G] away, and we [D] can't _ [E] relive it.
_ [G] I make [D] you [E] laugh, _ [G] and you [D] make me cry.
_ _ [A] _
I believe it's time for [D] me to fly.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] You said we'd work it out, [A] you said that you had no doubt, [G] that deep down we were really in [D] love. _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, but I'm tired of holding on [A] to a feeling I know is gone.
[G] I do believe that I've [D] had enough. _
_ _ _ _ I've [A] had enough of the _ funniness of a [G] worn [D] out _ relation.
_ _ [A] Enough of the _ jealousy [G] and the _
_ [D] _ _ intoleration.
_ [G] I make [D] you laugh, _ [G] and you make [D] me cry.
_ _ [A] _
I believe it's time for me to [D] _
fly.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] Time for me to fly.
_ _ _ _ Oh, [G] set myself [D] free.
Time for me to [A] fly.
_ For that's just how [G] it's got to [D] _ be.
_ _ [G] _
I know it hurts to say [A] goodbye, _ _ but it's time for me to [G] _
fly.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Oh, _ baby. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ But I've got to [G] set myself [D] _ free.
Oh, [A] _ _
baby, that's just how [G] it's got to [D] _ be.
_ [G] Oh, I know _ _ _ _ [A] why.
_ But it's time for me to [G] fly.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] It's time for me to [G] fly.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ It's time for me to [D] fly.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ It's [G] time for me to [D] fly. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ It's [E] time for me to [D] fly.
_ _ [G] It's time for me to [A] fly. _
_ It's [G] time for me to [D] fly.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ I've been _ around for you, [A] been up and down for you, [G] but I just can't get any [D] relief. _
_ _ _ _ _ I've swallowed my pride for you, [A] _
lived and lied for you, [G] but you still make me feel like [D] a thief. _
_ _ _ You got [A] me [D] stealing your [B] love away, [G] cause you [D] never _ give it.
_ [A] _
Stealing the years [G] away, and we [D] can't _ [E] relive it.
_ [G] I make [D] you [E] laugh, _ [G] and you [D] make me cry.
_ _ [A] _
I believe it's time for [D] me to fly.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] You said we'd work it out, [A] you said that you had no doubt, [G] that deep down we were really in [D] love. _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, but I'm tired of holding on [A] to a feeling I know is gone.
[G] I do believe that I've [D] had enough. _
_ _ _ _ I've [A] had enough of the _ funniness of a [G] worn [D] out _ relation.
_ _ [A] Enough of the _ jealousy [G] and the _
_ [D] _ _ intoleration.
_ [G] I make [D] you laugh, _ [G] and you make [D] me cry.
_ _ [A] _
I believe it's time for me to [D] _
fly.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] Time for me to fly.
_ _ _ _ Oh, [G] set myself [D] free.
Time for me to [A] fly.
_ For that's just how [G] it's got to [D] _ be.
_ _ [G] _
I know it hurts to say [A] goodbye, _ _ but it's time for me to [G] _
fly.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Oh, _ baby. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ But I've got to [G] set myself [D] _ free.
Oh, [A] _ _
baby, that's just how [G] it's got to [D] _ be.
_ [G] Oh, I know _ _ _ _ [A] why.
_ But it's time for me to [G] fly.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] It's time for me to [G] fly.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ It's time for me to [D] fly.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ It's [G] time for me to [D] fly. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ It's [E] time for me to [D] fly.
_ _ [G] It's time for me to [A] fly. _
_ It's [G] time for me to [D] fly.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _