Chords for To Live Is To Fly (Townes Van Zandt) by Peter Rowan

_ _ _ Let's see. _ _
_ _ I want to play one more song and then invite everybody up here to pick.
Maybe that's everybody in the audience who's going to come up and play some music.
_ But _ _ Bluegrass, _ _ _ _ _ what we call Bluegrass, is _ _ thanks to some dedicated _ _ folks like Chris
_ and all his friends and the mayor of the town, thank you. _
_ _ You know, Bluegrass is, what it was always meant to be was a celebration for everyone. _
And for a long time Bluegrass was looked at as like the kind of like _ little baby, baby
music, you know, because _ _ _ different other musics had become more popular, rock and roll and things.
_ _ _ Back in the _ 1940s and into the 50s Bluegrass was at the top of the charts.
You know, people were selling a lot of records, it was very popular music.
_ And then it kind of went underground for a while.
[Bb] But it's emerged with lots of young [Ab] musicians, [Gm] young [N] players.
And that's the great thing to see is how much happiness, you know.
If you have a banjo, you don't need an amplifier. _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [E] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [N] I mean, you don't need to, _ you can express yourself musically on these instruments, the
guitar and the mandolin and the violin, and then play all kinds of music.
You can play any kind [F] of music.
That's what Bill Monroe said to me, he said, Pete, if you can play my music, you can play
any kind of music.
_ So I followed his advice.
_ _ _ I want to play you a song [D] written by _ _ _ _ _ a singer, [N] songwriter from Texas. _ _ _
_ You may have heard of him.
His name is Townes Van Zandt.
_ And _ it's a beautiful song.
_ And _ when I'm done, we're going to play some Bluegrass.
[F] _ _
_ _ But Townes, as far as [Bb] inspiration to _ _ [F] write new songs, that's what I [A] enjoy doing is writing new [F] songs.
So I'm happy to play.
_ _ _ _ To live is to fly. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] I won't say [F] I need you, [Bb] babe.
_ But [F] I'm gonna get you, babe.
_ And [D] I will _ [Bb] not _ do [F] you wrong. _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Living's [F] mostly wasting _ [Bb] time.
I waste my [F] share of mine.
_ It [C] never feels too [F] good, [Bb] so let's not [F] wait too _ long. _ _ _
[Bb] To _ live [F] is to fly, _
[Bb] both low [C] and high. _
_ _ _ So [F] shake the dust [C] off of your [Bb] wings, the sleep out [F] of your _ eyes. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] Days up and down they come, [Bb] _ like rain on a [F] conga drum.
_ Forget most, remember some, but [Bb] don't turn [F] on a wave. _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ The [F]
choice is yours to _ [Bb] make, and time is yours [F] to take.
Some dive [Cm] into the sea, [Bb] some toil [F] upon a stone. _ _ _
[Bb] To _ live [F] is to fly, _
[Bb] both low _ [Cm] and high.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] Shake the dust [Cm] off of your [Bb] wings, the sleep out of [F] your eyes. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ It's goodbye [F] to all my _
[Bb] friends.
It's [F] time to go again.
_ Think of [C] all the [D] poetry [Bb] and [F] picking down the line.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
I'll miss the [F] system here.
[Bb] The bottom's low and the [F] treble's clear.
You don't pay too [C] much to think [Bb] on things you [F] leave behind. _ _
I [Bb] may _ [F] be gone, [Bb] but I won't [C] be _ long.
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ [F] I'll be bringing _ [C] back the melody, [Fm] [Bb] the rhythm that I [F] find. _ _
_ _ [Bb] To live is [F] to fly, _ [Bb] both low [C]
and high.
_ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[F] Shake the dust [C] off of your [F] [Bb] wings, the sleep out [F] of your eyes. _
_ Shake the dust [C] off of your [Bb] wings and the tear _ _ out [F] of your eyes.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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