Chords for Townes Van Zandt - To Live Is To Fly (live)

Tempo:
77.95 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

A

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Townes Van Zandt - To Live Is To Fly (live) chords
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[G] [D]
[G] Won't [D] say I love you, babe
[G]
Won't [D] say I need you, babe
But I'm gonna [A] get you, [Em] babe, and I will not [D] do you wrong
[G] Living's [D] mostly wasting time and I waste my share of mine
But it never [A] feels [Em] too good.
So let's don't take [D] too long
[G] We're your [D] softest glass [G] and I'm a gentle [A] man
We got the sky to talk about [Em] and the world to lie [D] on
[A] [G]
[D] [G] Days [D] up and down they come
Like rain on a conga drum
Forget [A] most remember some [Em] but don't turn [D] none away
[G] Everything [D] is not enough and nothing is too much to bear
Where you [A] been is good [G] and gone.
All you keep is the getting [D] there
[G] We're to live [D] is to fly [G] all low [A] and high
[D] So shake the dust [A] off of [Em] your wings and the sleep out of [D] your eyes
It's [A] [G] [D]
[G] [D] goodbye all my friends
It's time to go again
Think [A] all the poetry [G] in the picking down [D] the line
I'll miss the system here
The bottoms low and the trebles clear but it don't [A] pay to think too much [G] on things you [D] leave behind
[G] Well, I may [D] Be gone
[G] But it won't [A] be long
[D] I'll be a bringing [A] back the melody [G] and the rhythm that [D] I find
We [A] [G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [G] [D] all got holes to fill
And them holes are all it's real and some fall [A] on you like a storm
[Em] Sometimes you dig [D] your own
[G] [D] Choice is yours to make
Time is yours to take
Some [A] dive into the sea [Em] some toil upon [D] the stone
[G] We're to [D] live is to fly [G] all low [A] and high
[D] So shake the dust [A] off of your wings [G] and the sleep out of [D] your eyes
Well shake the dust [A] off of your wings [G] and the tears out of [D] your eyes
[A] [G] [D] [N]
Key:  
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
Em
121
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
Em
121
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Learn the basic chords of Townes Van Zandt - (Live At The Old Quarter,United States/1973) To Lives To Fly chords, with this master sequence: D, A, G, D, Em, D and G. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 38 BPM before aiming for the song's 78 BPM. Given the song's key of D Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Won't [D] say I love you, babe
[G]
Won't [D] say I need you, babe
But I'm gonna [A] get you, [Em] babe, and I will not [D] do you wrong
_ [G] Living's [D] mostly wasting time and I waste my share of mine
But it never [A] feels [Em] too good.
So let's don't take [D] too long
[G] We're your [D] softest glass [G] and I'm a gentle [A] man
We got the sky to talk about [Em] and the world to lie [D] on
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] Days [D] up and down they come
Like rain on a conga drum
Forget [A] most remember some [Em] but don't turn [D] none away
_ [G] Everything [D] is not enough and nothing is too much to bear
Where you [A] been is good [G] and gone.
All you keep is the getting [D] there
[G] We're to live [D] is to fly [G] all low [A] and high
[D] So shake the dust [A] off of [Em] your wings and the sleep out of [D] your eyes
It's [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [D] goodbye all my friends
It's time to go again
Think [A] all the poetry [G] in the picking down [D] the line _
I'll miss the system here
The bottoms low and the trebles clear but it don't [A] pay to think too much [G] on things you [D] leave behind
[G] Well, I may [D] Be gone
[G] But it won't [A] be long
[D] I'll be a bringing [A] back the melody [G] and the rhythm that [D] I find
We [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [D] all got holes to fill
And them holes are all it's real and some fall [A] on you like a storm
[Em] Sometimes you dig [D] your own
_ [G] _ [D] Choice is yours to make
Time is yours to take
Some [A] dive into the sea [Em] some toil upon [D] the stone
[G] We're to [D] live is to fly [G] all low [A] and high
[D] So shake the dust [A] off of your wings [G] and the sleep out of [D] your eyes
Well shake the dust [A] off of your wings [G] and the tears out of [D] your eyes
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Townes Van Zandt.

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