G 320003 F 133211
C 332010 C/F x3321x
D# x43653 A# 688766
G* x109787 C* 81010988
Em* 779987 Em 022000
Dm xx0231 CM 332000
Intro: G F (2X)
G F
My father was a farmer
G F
But his head was in the sky
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He worked everyday but Sunday
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‘Til the day he died
G F
He prayed for rain and thunder
G F
And listened for the sound
G F
In the dry years he went under
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He never got off the ground
G F
We all dream when we’re younger
G F
That we will do great things
G F
Me, I used to have a hunger
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To wear a pilot’s wings
Instrumental break (mandolin)
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G F
But the circle’s that I ran in
G F
Turned my head around
G F
And the planes I had my plans in
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Never got off the ground
Chorus:
D#
Don’t raise your hopes
C
You hear so many say
D#
The higher they get
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The closer they are to flying away
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Fly a - way..
Instrumental break (violin) over verse
Chorus:
D#
Don’t raise your hopes
C
You hear so many say
D#
The higher they get
A# G* C*
The closer they are to flying away
G F
They say there but for fortune
G F
Is the way it would have been
G F
If we could take a bigger portion
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We’d fill our hands again
G F
You see them on the sidewalks
G F
In the parks all over town
G F
Those who’ve taken flight
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Never got off the ground
[Thanks to c.platenburg@chello.nl for tabs]
